Mecca (Makkah Al Mukarrammah) is not currently (April 28, 2009) listed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
Mecca is the most holy site of Islam.
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== Mecca.
No, it isn't.
Mecca is a city in Saudi Arabia that is considered the holiest city in Islam. It is the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and the site of the Kaaba, the most sacred site in Islam. Mecca is central to the Islamic religion and is a destination for the Hajj pilgrimage.
Mecca is a city in Saudi Arabia and the center of the Islamic world.
A religious site is a area or place that followers of a specific religion gather to worship their god(s). For example: One of the five pillars of Islam is to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. Mecca being the religious site.
Mecca
Yes, Kaba (that is in Mecca, Saudi Arabia) has no resemblance anywhere else in the world and is the only one in the world.
As part of the Hajj ritual in Mecca, the symbolic 'stoning of the devil' is done at three huge pillars, Jamarats. The site is located just east of Mecca in teh city of Mina.
Via the shortest (great circle) route, Mecca is 6,415 miles from the former site of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in lower Manhattan, on a bearing of 58.4 degrees true. (Approximately "North-east by East")
That is the correct spelling of the proper noun Mecca, a holy city in Saudi Arabia. When used as a common noun, it means a sought-after goal or popular site. An alternate transliteration is Makkah.