At the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque they have a traditional Arabic design with egg shaped domes. It was a lot of fun going. We drove up in a taxi, and to see in it up close like that is just breath
taking. We can see it from my rugby pitch and it is still magnificent from a distance. It looks almost photo shopped into the scenery. They have a lot of pillars, about 1000 outside, and about 20,000 marble panels inlaid with several different semi-precious stones. There are also 96 pillars inside laid with Mother-of-Pearl. All the marble in the outside walkways is Greek marble. At the top of the pillars outside are golden colored palm trees. The palm trees are not real gold, however the gold that you see at the top of the domes is 25k gold. In the middle of it is a courtyard where the Muslims that do not fit inside pray. The courtyard is laid with Italian marble which does not heat up in the heat of the day. 
The interior has two women's prayer rooms, each holding 2000 women, and one men's prayer room, holding around 7100 men. The main prayer hall is the men's, and it h
as the largest chandelier in the world along with the largest hand made carpet in the world. The women's prayer rooms' carpets have been made to reflect the design on the ceiling
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taking. We can see it from my rugby pitch and it is still magnificent from a distance. It looks almost photo shopped into the scenery. They have a lot of pillars, about 1000 outside, and about 20,000 marble panels inlaid with several different semi-precious stones. There are also 96 pillars inside laid with Mother-of-Pearl. All the marble in the outside walkways is Greek marble. At the top of the pillars outside are golden colored palm trees. The palm trees are not real gold, however the gold that you see at the top of the domes is 25k gold. In the middle of it is a courtyard where the Muslims that do not fit inside pray. The courtyard is laid with Italian marble which does not heat up in the heat of the day. 
The interior has two women's prayer rooms, each holding 2000 women, and one men's prayer room, holding around 7100 men. The main prayer hall is the men's, and it h
as the largest chandelier in the world along with the largest hand made carpet in the world. The women's prayer rooms' carpets have been made to reflect the design on the ceiling
. 
The building started construction in 1986 and is still under construction to this day. The first prayer in this building was in 2007. Outside the main building is a smaller building that we were not allowed to take pictures of. It is where the man who founded the UAE is buried. The Mosque is a Muslim holy place, so the women have to wear abayas and sheilas to cover thier body and hair. I have no more to write, so here are some pictures! All photos except for the top photo were taken by us on our visit.
Wow! That is amazing! What a beautiful structure. Thanks for sharing this!
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