While the length is 43 meters, but the width is 39 meters for the two side facades, while the facades cover about 98 million distinctively colored glass mosaic pieces that were manufactured by a German company, in addition to a number of engineers and manufacturers from Germany and Switzerland as well as a number of European countries the other.Īnd you will find that the Mecca Clock is supplied with electrical energy through solar panels, unlike the public electricity network that exists in Makkah Al-Mukarramah. Many citizens do not know that it is possible to read the time from it, as it is seventeen kilometers away from it, and it consists of 4 facades with the same width and length of 43 meters for the front and back facades. When you look at it, you will find that it is designed in the Islamic style in a distinctive architectural form. With regard to the height of the Mecca Clock, from its base to the highest point in the crescent, it is 251 meters. The clock is located in the courtyard of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, and because of its great height, it is the second tallest tower in the world after the Burj Khalifa, which is located in the city of Dubai, and it is possible to see the clock from all over the neighborhoods of Makkah Al-Mukarramah when looking up from anywhere. The Makkah Tower is also one of the landmarks that distinguish Makkah in the Kingdom, and it consists of six other towers, which is known as the “ King Abdul Aziz Endowment or Abraj Al Bait Towers.” As for its headquarters, it is in the city of Paris. With regard to the time of its operation, its experimental start was in the month of Ramadan, in the year 1431 AH, by which the Mecca Time Center was linked to the U2C World Time Network. The Makkah Clock is located above the Abraj Al-Bait complex, in the city of Makkah Al-Mukarramah, and is located in the west of the Kingdom, with an altitude of about 600 meters, in order to be the largest clock in the world.
There are a number of heritage and tourist attractions that characterize the Kingdom, especially the city of Makkah Al-Mukarramah because of its important position, and Makkah Clock is one of these landmarks. Content Information about Mecca Clock Information about Abraj Al Bait The number of towers in the house Burj Al Bait project Abraj Al Bait Hotels Information about Mecca Clock The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia contains many heritage, valuables, and landmarks that distinguish it from other countries, and today we will learn about the number of the most prominent of them, namely the “Makkah Clock and the Al-Bait Towers”, and everything related to them.
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