![]() ![]() Zamzam (The Holy Well from which the Blessed Water sprang out) Mövenpick Hotel & Residences Hajar Tower Makkah In the spire base and the iron-covered floors (The Jewel) there is a scientific center that is used to sight the moon at the beginning of the Islamic months, and to operate an atomic clock that controls the tower clock faces. Behind the clock faces, there is an astronomy exhibition. A spire has been added on top of the clock giving it a total height of 601 m (1,972 ft). ![]() The roof of the clock is 450 m (1,480 ft) above the ground, making it the world's most elevated architectural clock. At 43 m × 43 m (141 ft × 141 ft), these are the largest in the world. The total height of the clock is 57 m (187 ft), just below the media displays under the clock faces. The project uses clock faces for each side of the main hotel tower. According to the Saudi Ministry of Religious Endowments, the project cost US$15 billion. The façade was constructed by Premiere Composite Technologies, and the clock by German tower clock manufacturer PERROT GmbH & Co. The complex was built by the Saudi Binladin Group, Saudi Arabia's largest construction company. In 2009, it was published that the final height would be 601 m (1,972 ft). The building was planned to be 734 m (2,408 ft) tall in 2006. In addition, The Clock Towers has a five-story shopping mall (The Clock Towers Shopping Center) and a parking garage capable of holding over a thousand vehicles. ![]() The tallest tower in the complex also contains a five-star hotel, operated by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, to help provide lodging for the millions of pilgrims that travel to Mecca annually to participate in the Hajj. It accommodates worshippers visiting the Kaaba. ![]() The site of the complex is across the piazza to the south from the main entrance (King Abdul-Aziz Gate) to the Masjid al Haram mosque, which houses the Kaaba. It is the sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the world, surpassing the Ping An Finance Centre in Shenzhen, China but shorter than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE, the Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Japan, the Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, China, and the Canton Tower in Guangzhou, China. The tallest tower in the complex is the tallest building in Saudi Arabia, at 601 meters (1,972 feet) and a total surface area of 32,000 square meters. The destruction of the historically significant site in 2002 by the Saudi government sparked an outcry and a strong reaction from Turkey. The complex was built after the demolition of the Ajyad Fortress, the 18th-century Ottoman citadel on top of a hill overlooking the Grand Mosque. It is the world's second most expensive building, with the total cost of construction totalling US$15 billion. The developer and contractor of the complex is the Saudi Binladin Group, the Kingdom's largest construction company. The building complex is 300 metres away from the world's largest mosque and Islam's most sacred site, the Great Mosque of Mecca. The clock tower contains the Clock Tower Museum that occupies the top four floors of the tower. The central hotel tower, which is the Makkah Clock Royal Tower, is the fourth-tallest building and sixth- tallest freestanding structure in the world. These towers are a part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project that aims to modernize the city in catering to its pilgrims. The Abraj Al Bait, also known as the Clock Towers ( Arabic: أبراج الساعة, romanized: Abrāj al-Sāʿa, lit.'Towers of the Clock'), is a government-owned complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. SL Rasch GmbH and Dar Al-Handasah Architects Main structural system: reinforced concrete (lower part), steel/concrete composite construction, steel construction (upper part) Ĭladding: glass, marble, natural stone, carbon-/glass- fibre-reinforced plasticĭevelopment: 1,575,815 m 2 (16,961,930 sq ft) (389.4 acres) ![]()
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