Mecca is the Holy Land not the city
Mecca
Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, is Islam's most sacred city.
The Koran (sometimes spelled Qu'ran or other variations) is the sacred text of the Islamic religion.
Hajj
The Islamic religion has three holy cities: Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
The Quran, Muslims holy book, was revealed in Arabic by God to prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, is the most sacred city in Islam, to which millions of Muslims travel every year on Pilgrimage.
Life in Mecca (Makkah) is like life in any other city or small town in the world, except two main features that are distinguishing Mecca:Mecca, being a sacred Islamic city, is inhabited by only Muslims and is allowed to be visited by only Muslims.Mecca is not having any activity that is not allowed by Islamic religion, as brothels, alcohol shops, ... etc
The first Islam State Capital was Medina, then Damascus, then Baghdad. Never Mecca was an Islamic state capital although Mecca is the most sacred Islamic city.
The holiest city in Islam is Mecca (or Makkah) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Mecca:is having the holiest Islamic building, the Kaba, that is first God worship house on earth.is the birth place of prophet Muhammad (PBUH)Muslims all over the world, during their praying, face the direction of Mecca (or more precisely the direction of Kaba)
Islamic architecture is a term used to describe any building that Islamic principle was considered in its design, regardless of its function, therefore the Islamic architecture is not sacred itself. But the term often mistakenly used to describe "mosques" only, the places of worship in Islam and are very sacred for Muslims.
The Islamic sacred text is called the Qur'an