The Great Mosque Abu Dhabi

Marble used in the construction included.

The great mosque abu dhabi. A splendid mosque was erected recently at abu dhabi. Named after the late sheikh zayed al nahyan the mosque was opened at the end of 2007 to emerge as one of the ten major mosques of islam with a total capacity of 40 000 worshippers. Sheik zayed died soon after the completion of construction and his body rests in the building named after him. The iconic sheikh zayed grand mosque in abu dhabi is scheduled to reopen its doors within the next two weeks according to ali al shaiba executive director department of culture and tourism abu dhabi.

The sheikh zayed grand mosque takes its name from the uae s first president and the ruler of abu dhabi the late sheikh zayed bin sultan al nahyan who conceived the idea. Abu dhabi the sheikh zayed grand mosque stands out as one of the world s largest mosques and the only one that captures unique interactions between islam and world cultures. Undoubtedly one of the grandest mosques today it is visible from all the three bridges that connect the abu dhabi island city to the main land. It can hold up to 40 000 people and its total area along with the gardens and paths which surround it is 12 metres in total.

Last year the grand mosque welcomed in the region of 6 6 million visitors including over 1 5m worshipers and more than 4 1m tourists. Makrana from makrana india was used in. Over 891 000 people visited the grand mosque during the holy month in 2019. The great mosque is the eighth largest building of islamic worship in the world and it is considered to be the monument most loved by the citizens of abu dhabi.

The mosque has been closed since march 15 as part of strict measures implemented by the government to curb the spread of coronavirus. Sivec from prilep north macedonia was used on the external cladding 115 119 m 2 1 239 130 sq ft of cladding has been used on the mosque. Lasa from laas south tyrol italy was used in the internal elevations. But on my second visit to abu dhabi i headed straight for the cities main attraction and finally got to observe this marvellous structure for myself.

After this art tour we ll continue to our next destination the sheikh zayed great mosque one of the largest and most impressive in the world.