The emirate’s Grand Mosque..... Abu Dhabi’s icon

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Some facts of the Golden Mosque

The chandelier, which is decorated in the main dome of the mosque, is considered one of the biggest in the world and measures 10 metres in diameter, 15 metres in height and weights eight to nine tones.

The mosque is decorated by seven 24-carat, gold-plated chandeliers which were imported from Germany, designed with Swarovski crystals

The Qibla wall (the wall which directs to Mecca) is decorated so as not to distract worshippers from prayer. The 99 names (qualities) of Allah are featured on this wall using traditional Kufi calligraphy and are back-illuminated using fibre-optic lighting. Twenty-four carat gold, gold leaf and gold glass mosaic were also used in the mehrab.

The mosque has 1,096 columns in its exterior and decorated with more than 20,000 handmade marble panels encrusted with semi-precious stones.

The mosque’s initial architectural design was Moroccan but it evolved to include many global features, including exterior walls that are of traditional Turkish design. Materials such as marble, stone, gold, semi-precious stones, crystals and ceramics were used in its construction.

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