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∙ 11y agoConstruction is estimated to cost $1.6 billion US dollars and will be done by the Saudi Binladen Group.
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In Mecca, beside Masjid al-Haram
The Ka'abaMasjid Al-Haram (mosque)Abraj Al-Bait Towers (expected completion 2010)
The floor area of Abraj Al-Bait Endowment in Mecca is 1,575,815 m2 (16,961,930 sq ft).
Yes, the Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is one of the tallest clock towers in the world, although it is not the largest in terms of surface area. The clock faces on the tower are among the largest in the world.
The Abraj Al-Bait Towers, also known as the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower, is located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
The four-faced clock, atop the Abraj Al-Bait Towers, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia stands over the holy Kabaa. The clock faces are 43 × 43 m (141 × 141 ft).
The biggest clock tower in the world is the Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It stands at a height of 601 meters (1,972 feet) and features the largest clock face in the world, with a diameter of 43 meters (141 feet).
The world's largest clock is the Abraj AL Bait Clock Tower in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is part of the Abraj Al Bait complex and is visible from many parts of the city.
Mecca has modern parts and it also has ancient and medieval parts. The modern parts come from Hejazi construction under the Ottomans and Saudi construction in the 20th and 21st centuries. Most recently, the Saudi built Abraj Al-Bait which is a gigantic clock-tower than can be seen from the Ka'aba and the second-tallest structure in the world as of April 21, 2013.
The world's tallest building is the Burj Khalifa (formerly know as Burj Dubai) in The United Arab Emirates at 2,722.57'. Next is the Abraj al Bait Clock Tower at 1,972'.
As of August 2010, the largest clock has been the one on the Abraj al-Bait Towers near the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It was deliberately designed to be the world's largest, being six times larger than London's Big Ben and slightly larger than the second-largest clock in Istanbul, Turkey. The design was by a German company, Premier Composite Technology.