abu dhabi grand mosque

Mactan Mosaics and Premiere Composite Technologies (UAE) were commissioned to create the seashell design inserts for the Abu Dhabi Grand Mosque.

The photographs below show the finished installation and the magnificent painstakingly intricate shell mosaic work created for the Abu Dhabi Grand Mosque.

The official name of the Mosque is Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque. The Mosque has a 70 metre high dome and will cost about $500 million to build. It has four minarets, each 115 metres high. Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque will be one of the largest Mosques in the world.

The mosque has the world’s largest carpet at 7,119 square metres from Iran. The world’s largest chandelier from Germany made from one million Swarovski crystals. It has 28 types of marble and 24-carat gold throughout. The 22,412 square metre mosque site equates to around the size of five football fields. More than 3,000 workers and 38 renowned contracting companies took part in the construction work. The mosque has 82 domes all of traditional Moroccan design – all decorated with white marble. The main dome’s outer shell is 32.8 metres in diameter and stands at a height of 70 metres from the inside and 85 metres from the outside. “

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