KAFD Grand Mosque
building in Riyadh, KSA
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Overview
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The KAFD Grand Mosque is a Friday mosque in the al-Aqeeq neighbourhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within the King Abdullah Financial District. The 6,103-square-metre building stands on a large urban plaza that serves as a public space and, when needed, as an outdoor prayer area. Its column-free interior can hold 1,500 worshippers across two levels: a large central hall and a mezzanine. The mosque was designed by Omrania and Associates, an architecture and engineering firm based in Riyadh, and its form is inspired by the desert rose.
History
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The structure is recorded as having been built in 2017.
From Wikipedia
The KAFD Grand Mosque is a Friday mosque in the al-Aqeeq neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located within the King Abdullah Financial District. Built in 2017, the 6,103-square-metre (65,690 sq ft) structure sits on a large urban plaza that functions as a public space and, when needed, outdoor prayer area. Inside, the column-free space can accommodate 1,500 prayer spaces over two levels — a large central hall and a mezzanine. Designed by the Riyadh-based architecture and engineering firm Omrania and Associates, the mosque is inspired by the form of the desert rose.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAFD_Grand_Mosque
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%92_%D8%A7%DB%92_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%81_%DA%88%DB%8C_%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF