| Country |
Province
State |
Region |
City
Town |
District |
Site OR Event |
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Year
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| Saudi Arabia |
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Riyadh |
Al Batha |
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Modern buildings overlooking a mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Riyadh |
Murabba Square |
Royal Mosque |
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Murabba Square is dominated by the Royal Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Riyadh |
Murabba Square |
Royal Mosque |
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The mosque is small but busy. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Riyadh |
National Museum |
|
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Model of the Great Mosque at Mecca. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Riyadh |
National Museum |
|
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Model of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Riyadh |
Diriyah |
|
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Mosque in the newer part of the district. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Riyadh |
Diriyah |
|
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Mosque next to a walled compound. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Al Ula |
The Town |
|
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Yellow mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Al Ula |
The Town |
|
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Pastel coloured mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Al Ula |
The Town |
Sheikh Saeed Al Abdaldaim Mosque |
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Sheikh Saeed Al Abdaldaim Mosque is the largest in town. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Al Ula |
Heritage Village |
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The mosque was in use until 1985. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Al Ula |
Heritage Village |
Musa ibn Nusayr Fort |
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The old mosque and the Tantura. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Al Ula |
Heritage Village |
Musa ibn Nusayr Fort |
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Mosque in the modern town. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Al Ula |
Harrat Viewpoint |
|
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Local mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Al-Ula to Medina Road |
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|
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Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Al-Ula to Medina Road |
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|
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Roadside mosque at Khabar. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
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Prophet's Mosque |
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The Prophet's Mosque is the second largest in the world. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Prophet's Mosque |
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The mosque is one of two that hold over a million worshippers. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Prophet's Mosque |
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One of the many entrances to the mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Medina |
|
Prophet's Mosque |
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The mosque has six thin minarets. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Prophet's Mosque |
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The mosque is always open. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Prophet's Mosque |
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The mosque dates from 622 and is constructed over the house of the Prophet. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Prophet's Mosque |
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The main mosque building. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Prophet's Mosque |
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View of the main mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Medina |
|
Prophet's Mosque |
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The interior of the main mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Prophet's Mosque |
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The main mosque is connected to the Tomb of the Prophet. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Prophet's Mosque |
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The Prophet's Mosque is surrounded by the pilgrim hotels of the Haram. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Prophet's Mosque |
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The Prophet's Mosque at night from the Haram. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
Haram |
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The crowded Haram surrounds the Prophet's Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
Haram |
|
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The Haram is the area around the Prophet's Mosque where most pilgrims stay. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
Haram |
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The Prophet's Mosque is surrounded by the tall buildings of Haram. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
Haram |
|
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Traditional mosque and modern hotels. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
Haram |
|
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The Ghamamah Mosque dates from 631. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
Haram |
|
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The mosque and domes of the Ghamamah Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
Haram |
|
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Small mosque in Salaam Street. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
Haram |
|
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The Abu Bakr Siddeeq Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
Haram |
|
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The Prophet's Mosque at sunset. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Quba Mosque |
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The Quba Mosque is said to be the world's first. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Quba Mosque |
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The mosque dates from the 7th century. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Quba Mosque |
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The mosque marks the spot where Muhammad met his followers when he fled from Mecca, an event that marks the start of the Muslim Calendar. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Quba Mosque |
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Pigeons in the large square next to the mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Seven Mosques |
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The Al Fateh Mosque is the largest of the Seven Mosques. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Seven Mosques |
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The minaret of the Al Fateh Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Seven Mosques |
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The Al Fateh Mosque is surrounded by smaller stone mosques from the 7th century. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Seven Mosques |
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One of the Seven Mosques on the site of the Battle of the Trench. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Seven Mosques |
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One of the small, ancient, stone structures known as the Seven Mosques. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Seven Mosques |
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One of the Seven Mosques. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Seven Mosques |
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Two of the Seven Mosques. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
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|
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Abu Sardah Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
|
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Small village with mosque in the suburbs. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Qiblatayn Mosque |
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The Qiblatayn Mosque is unique. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
|
Qiblatayn Mosque |
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The mosque has a second qibla (direction of prayer marker) pointing to the original direction, Jerusalem. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
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|
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The Anharia Mosque dates from the Ottoman period. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Medina |
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|
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Medina Station Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
|
Abraj al-Beit |
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View of the Great Mosque from the complex. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Great Mosque |
|
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The Great Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Great Mosque |
|
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The mosque is the most important in the Islamic world. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Great Mosque |
|
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The mosque is the largest in the world. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Great Mosque |
|
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The mosque holds over a million people. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Great Mosque |
|
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The mosque is made from the finest materials. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Great Mosque |
|
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View of the Great Mosque from the Haram. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Great Mosque |
|
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The upper level overlooks the centre of the Great Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Great Mosque |
Kaaba |
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The Kaaba is at the centre of the mosque and was a place of pilgrimage before the time of Muhammad. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Great Mosque |
|
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View of the mosque and the Haram hotels. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Great Mosque |
|
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The mosque is enclosed by the hotels of the Haram. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Great Mosque |
|
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The Great Mosque at night. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Great Mosque |
|
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The Great Mosque at night. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Haram |
|
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The Great Mosque is surrounded by the Haram. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Haram |
|
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The clocktower (Abraj al-Beit) towers over the Great Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
Haram |
|
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The Great Mosque and the Haram at night. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
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|
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Mosques are the only religious buildings allowed in Saudi Arabia. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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The Exhibition of the Two Holy Mosques. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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The museum is about the two mosques in Medina and Mecca. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Model of the Great Mosque at Mecca. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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The teak staircase was for access to the Kaaba in the Great Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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The Station of Ibrahim (Abraham) replaced from the Great Mosque during the Saudi period. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Top to a mosque dome. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Marble arch to a door in the Great Mosque, 1576. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Stone columns with inscriptions describing work done to the Great Mosque in 1454. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Top to a mosque dome. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Copper door removed from the Great Mosque in the Saudi era. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Marble stone pillar commemorating the building of a minaret at the Great Mosque in 1379 (Mamluk era). |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Mosque fittings dating from 1842 and 1407. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Photo of the Great Mosque with the Kaaba (Sadiq Biq, 1880). |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Saudi lantern once attached to a door of the Great Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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The Zamzam Well removed from the Great Mosque in 1881. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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The Great Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
|
|
Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Model of the Prophet's Mosque at Medina. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Fixture from the Prophet's Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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19th century top of the main minaret of the Prophet's Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Detail of a decorated door on the Prophet's Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Photo of the Prophet's Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Photo of the Prophet's Tomb from the courtyard of the Prophet's Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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Gypsum window from the Prophet's Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Mecca |
|
Two Mosques Exhibition |
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The Prophet's Mosque. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Mecca |
|
|
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Minarets of the Great Mosque at night. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Jeddah |
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|
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Modern mosque by the High Speed Railway station. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Jeddah |
|
Jaffali Mosque |
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The Jaffali Mosque is by the bay. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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|
Jeddah |
|
Jaffali Mosque |
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The mosque at sunset. |
2022 |
| Saudi Arabia |
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Jeddah |
Corniche |
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Mosque on a lagoon island. |
2022 |
were added from 1 January 2024.