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Photoset / Images of Beautiful Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi
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MAGNIFICENT:
It is the third largest mosque in the world, located in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. It is named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and the first President of the United Arab Emirates, who is also buried there. The mosque is large enough to accommodate more than 30,000 worshippers.
Some statistics:
The carpet laid out on the vast expanse of the mosque is the "World's Largest Carpet" made by Iran's Carpet Company and designed by Iranian artist Ali Khaliqi. This carpet measures 5,627 square meters, and was made by around 1,200 weavers, 20 technicians, and 30 workers. The weight of this carpet is 47 tons - 35 tons of wool, and 12 tons of cotton. There are 2,268,000 knots within the carpet.
This mosque also holds, the largest chandelier. There are seven imported chandeliers from Germany and are copper and gold-plated. The largest chandelier has a 10 meter diameter and a 15 meter height.
The mosque covers 22,000 square meters; 33000 tons of steel, 120000 cubic meters of concrete and 7000 foundation piles has gone into the structure.
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