Msadjadheik Zayed in Abu Dhabi

Msadjadheik Zayed in Abu Dhabi
Sheikh Zayed Mosque is an Islamic monument and a prominent model for architectural and engineering creativity; making him the most important cultural destinations of a religious nature in the world. The construction of the mosque came at the initiative of the late Lh- the permission of Allah, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and has the approval of the master plan, and lay the foundation stone in the late nineties.
From the yards of Sheikh Zayed Mosque

From the yards of Sheikh Zayed Mosque
And characterized this masterpiece of Islamic architecture, with many of the features of the world and employ a set of walls designed different ways of Islamic architecture.
Used in the construction of the mosque building materials were imported from different countries including Italy, Germany, Morocco, India, Turkey, Iran, China, Greece, in addition to the UAE.
And accommodates the mosque 40,960 worshipers, of whom 7,126 in the main hall, and 1,960 in the hall open, and 980 in the hall other open for women, and 22,729 in the arena of large, and 682 at the entrance to the main hall, along with 784 at the entrance to the main hall of the mosque.
And contributed to the construction of Almsadjad- which covers an area of ​​22 412 square meters, which is equivalent to the size of five courts Football-more than 3,000 workers and 38 global construction company.
Natural materials were chosen for construction and design due to its high quality; where used marble, stone, gold, semi-precious stones, crystals and ceramics.
A picture of the domes of the mosque and its entrance

A picture of the domes of the mosque and its entrance
It features a mosque Bakbabh by up to 82 dome inspired by Moroccan architecture, made of white marble.
The outer diameter of the main dome 32.8 meters, while above the dome at an altitude of 70 meters from the inside and 85 meters from the outside, and is considered the largest of its kind in the world, according to the research center of the Turkish Culture and Islamic history.
A picture of a mosque courtyard

A picture of a mosque courtyard
There are 28 species of various types of marble that was used in all parts of the mosque, in part: Marble "Civic" of Greece / Macedonia, and Marble "Lhasa" from Italy, and Marble "Makrana" from India, and Marble Okwabeana and Piano of Italy, and Marble "East White and Ming Greene "of China and covers the color pink marble and mosaic courtyard of the mosque, which extends over an area of ​​17,000 square meters.
It contains prayer halls on the white Italian marble restaurant designs floral color, with white marble each comprising arena of Greece. The mosque is surrounded by four minarets at the four corners of the length of each of them about 107 meters.
Were imported chandeliers seven 24-carat gold, containing Crystal Hoarovski. The chandelier in the main under the dome of the largest in the world, with a diameter of 10 meters, and rises at a distance of 15 meters and weighs 8.9 tons.
A picture of a mosque carpet

A picture of a mosque carpet
The carpet in the main hall, the largest in the world, covering 7,119 square meters, and includes 35 tons of wool and cotton. And designed by Iranian artist Ali creators, while 1,200 participated in the weaving craftsman in the area Machadin in Iran. The artisans are moved and carpets flown to Abu Dhabi to collect the pieces together in the final stages of installation of carpet, which consists of 2.268 million knots.
And rising up the glass door of the main mosque to 12.2 meters, and width of 7 meters, and weighs 2.2 tons. And includes interior walls decoration of 24-carat gold and glass mosaic and concentrated more on the quantity of the Western Wall. The mosque is surrounded by 7,874 square meters of artificial lakes include dark naves.
Image from inside the mosque

Image from inside the mosque
And use in the area of ​​the mihrab went from 24-carat, gold leaf and glass mosaic. The mosque contains the 1,096 columns in the outer zone and 96 columns in the main prayer hall, which includes more than 2,000 marble slab -sna Adoaa- covered with semiprecious stones include "for APIs lazuli", and carbuncle, and stone Omethyst ... etc.
It features a wall of direction, an increase of 23 meters and a width of 50 meters. Was planning the names of Allah on the wall using the direction Kufic script with back-lit optical fiber.
The mosque contains 80 panels "Aaznk", which is decorated with ceramic tile panels known in the sixteenth century after being used in religious buildings of the Ottoman Empire. And oversaw the design cut Alqurmad- which were manufactured manually - Global calligrapher Othman Agha