Thursday, October 02, 2008

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque



1. The Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi
2. It named after His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the late President of the UAE.
3. It is third largest mosque in the world
4. The structure covers an area of more than 22,000 square metres
5. It was built by 210,000 cubic metres of concrete and 33,000 tonnes of steel reinforcement was used in its construction.
6. It able to accommodate more than 30,000 worshipers
7. The carpet is the "World's Largest Carpet" imported from Iran. This carpet measures 5,627 square meters. It was made by around 1,200 weavers 20 technicians and 30 workers. The carpet weighted 47 tons (which is 35 tons of wool and 12 tons of cotton) with 2,268,000 knots within the carpet.
8. This mosque holds the largest chandelier made from Swarovski crystal. There are seven imported chandeliers from Germany and are copper and gold-plated. The largest chandelier has a 10 meter diameter and a 15 meter height






Babe in Abaya.
- The Abaya is a large, black cloak, worn either loose and flowing or wrapped around the body. The Abaya is generally made of silk or synthetic cloth.


Luxury Interior - Swarosvki Chandelier

3 comments:

dnaJason said...

hei sweetie. when are you coming back? i really miss those old time...Now i am busy with my new business. believe it or not.. a chinese kopitiam.. even myself also don believe. XD

GFAD said...

Hello! I'm kat. Stay near Al wahda mall. Always on the lookout to meet msian in AD! Feel free to drop me a line at katclim[at]gmail[dot]com. :)

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