In fact, the full name of the Mosque is Sheikh Zayed BinSultan Nahyan Mosque. Sheikh Zayed BinSultan Nahyan was the first President of the united Arab emirates.
The mosque was built in memory of the late President of the united Arab emirates and houses his tomb. It is also known as the sheikh zeid Mosque, but for reasons that may be too long, locals and tourists refer to it simply as the Grand Mosque.
The design of the entire mosque fully embodies the style of Islam. The design of many world-famous mosques has been borrowed. The temple was designed and built with materials from Italy, Germany, Morocco, Turkey, Iran, India, China, Greece and the united Arab emirates, so it also embodies the international construction idea.
The most amazing thing was that there was not a single seam in the nearly 6,000 square meters of carpet. Seven of the world's largest gold-plated brass crystal chandeliers are made in Germany and cost tens of millions of dollars. Is the world's leading mosque chandelier. The mosque cost $5.5 billion, 46 tons of gold alone, and the entire complex was wrapped in white marble from Greece. Foreign visitors must take off their shoes to enter, and women must wear the traditional black clothes of emirati women.
One of the largest mosques in the world, ABU dhabi's grand mosque can accommodate up to 40,000 muslims at one time. In order to deepen the understanding of muslims and non-muslims and promote islamic culture, the temple has been open to all visitors since March 2008. It is also the only mosque in the uae open to the public.
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