Al-Masjid al-Haram

File / Documentation

Name

118922_sv.jpg

Size

1.64 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

26b11bcb1a40d89039f7bf8a4712b0ab

Creator(s)

Islamic

Time period

creation date: Ka'ba becomes center of Islamic pilgrimage, 629-630, alteration date: Mosque enlarged, 638, alteration date: Mosque enlarged by Umayyad Caliphs, 754-785, alteration date: madrasa added, 1468-1496, restoration date: Ka'ba entirely rebuilt, 1631

Location

Site: Mecca (Saudi Arabia)

Cultural context

Islamic

Description

general view, view from street with two minarets visible, 1982

Work type

Mosque

Medium

marble

stone

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