February 21, 2018

These Are the Most Beautiful Mosques in the World

SHEIKH ZAYED BIN SULTAN AL NAHYAN MOSQUE (ABU DHABI, U.A.E.)

Constructed in 2007 and named for the former ruler of Abu Dhabi, the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque currently ranks as the eighth-largest mosque in the world and can accommodate 40,000 people. Syrian architect Yusef Abdelki, who worked with Halcrow Group and the architecture/interior design firm Spatium on the project, was inspired by the lunar cycles, which forms the basis of the Islamic religious calendar.

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