Each of the four dials is studded with 98 million glass mosaic tessera. The landmark edifice also carries intricate Islamic decorative artwork. The other two sided clock is 65 meters in height and 43 meters in width while their dial diameter is 25 meters. Two of the clock faces including the inscription is 80 meters in height and 65 meters in width and the dial diameter will be 39 meters. The name of Allah has been inscribed on each of the four clock faces. The clock is placed on the 5 th tower of the King Abdul at a height of 380 meters and can be seen from all four sides. King Abdullah, the head of Two Holy Mosques had ordered the largest clock tower in the world to be built in Mecca. In according to design wise using Islamic architecture, it contains seven adjacent towers with 6,000 housing units and as over SR6 billion ($1.6 billion) in investments. The project was rated as the largest architectural building in view of the total area in which exceeded 1.4 million square meters.
The building was designed by globally operating Dar Al-Handasah Consultants and the prime contractor ‘Saudi Binladin Group’, the kingdom’s largest construction company (Saudi Arabia). Mecca is worshiped as the most sacred mosque site and a world richest seven star hotel in Dubai. Saudi Arabia is not just Islam’s holistic place but also having a set of world recoded structures. The Mecca clock is six times larger than London’s Big Ben Clock. The clock is visible from 17 km away at night and 11 to 12 km away during the day.Ī German owned company, Premiere Composite Technologies has designed the clock and featured accordingly for its popularity chase. The first trial run was done on Jeddah face side during Ramadan. The giant Mecca Clock Tower ticks to be as the highest clock tower in the world. The ‘Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower’ is treated as a government owned mega-tall complex building in Saudi Arabia. The Mecca Royal Clock Tower, Saudi Arabia
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