![]() ![]() 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 Abraj Al-Bait Towers has a five-story shopping mall (the Abraj Al Bait Mall) and a parking garage capable of holding over a thousand vehicles. Abraj Al BaitĪbraj Al-Bait compared with other tallest buildings in Asia. 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. To accommodate worshippers visiting the Kaaba, the Abraj Al-Bait Towers has two large prayer rooms (one for men, one for women) capable of holding more than 10,000 people. The site of the complex is located across the piazza to the south from the main entrance (King Abdul-Aziz Gate) to the Masjid al Haram mosque, which houses the Kaaba. ![]() Currently it is the fifth-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 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, with a height of 601 metres (1,972 feet). 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. (China’s Three Gorges Dam cost about US $31.8 billion) Makkah Royal Clock Tower is one of the world’s most expensive building with the total cost of construction totaling US$15 billion. The developer and contractor of the complex is the Saudi Binladin Group, the Kingdom’s largest construction company. Makkah Royal Clock Tower complex is 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, the Makkah Royal Clock Tower. 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 (Arabic: أبراج البيت) is a government-owned complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. ![]()
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