#2 The World Tallest Building ~ Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower
The Abraj Al-Bait Towers, also known as
the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock
Tower, is a building complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
This building has reached 601 meter
with 120 floors.
The building complex is metres away
from the world's largest mosque and Islam's
most sacred site, the Masjid al
Haram.
To accommodate worshipers visiting
the Kaaba, the Abraj Al-Bait Towers has a large prayer room capable of holding
more than 10,000 people.
Mecca Clock Fairmont Hotel
The five-star hotel in the Mecca
Royal Hotel Clock Tower , operated by Fairmont
Hotels and Resorts, to help provide lodging for the millions of pilgrims that
travel to Mecca annually to participate in the Hajj.
It consists of 858 rooms distributed
in 29 floors.
Guests would have the privilege of
choosing their rooms either overlooking the Kaaba - House of God – said to be
built by Abraham and Ismail (Peace Be Upon Them), the Haram or the Holy City.
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| This the view to Kabaa in the room |
The Clock Faces
The clock on the tower is the largest clock in
the world.
Its surface are 43 m
× 43 m
The tower also includes an Islamic
Museum and a Lunar Observation Center which will also be used to sight the moon
during the Holy Months.
The building is faced by
a four-faced clock, visible from 25 kilometers away. The clock is the
largest in the world and is 400 meters above the ground.
Each of the clock's four
faces is 46 m in diameter and illuminate by 2
million LED lights, with four oriented edges.
Besides, above the clock
alongside huge Arabic script reading:“God is the Greatest” on the
north and south faces and on the west and east the Koran.
Another 21,000 white and
green colored lights, the same as the Saudi Flag, fitted at the top of the
clock, will flash to signal Islam's five-times daily prayers, and will be
visible as far as 30 km (19 mi) away.
On special occasions such as New Year, 16 bands of vertical
lights will shoot some 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) up into the sky.
WITH ME 2U:
Only Muslims are allowed to enter the holy cities of Mecca and
Medina.
Local laws may restrict unmarried guests from sharing rooms.
Guests are responsible for providing proof of marriage, if
requested by the hotel.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraj_Al_Bait_Towers
