Superb Mosque of Sheikh Zayd

Mosque of
Sheikh Zayd - one of the six largest mosques
 in the world, is located
in Abu Dhabi, the capital of United Arab Emirates.
 Named in honor of
Sheikh Zaid ibn Sultan al-Nahyan - the founder 
and first president of
the United Arab Emirates. Next he is buried. 
The mosque was officially
opened in the month of Ramadan in 2007.
 Like all of the Emirates,
this mosque is also very-very - it is the largest 
carpet and the
world's largest chandelier. This is one of the
 most beautiful mosques
in which I visited. 53 More images after the break...

The four
corners of the mosque are four minarets 
that rise approximately 115
meters. Outer row of the main building 
covers 57 domes. Dome decorated
with white marble, their interior decoration
 is also made of marble.

The construction has been spent over 600 million euros.

A courtyard paved with colored marble and a 
population of about seventeen
 thousand square meters.

It is worth noting that the huge floral pattern - 
a mosaic of different sorts of marble.

Between the plates of a small gap for water drainage.

80 domes, 1096 columns 1996 columns
 inside the main prayer hall.

Carpet spread
out on such a large space, is the world's
 largest carpet was
manufactured by "Carpets of Iran" on the 
image of Iranian artist Ali
Khaliq. Area "rug" - 5,627 square feet, 
and above it worked about 1200
weavers, 20 technicians and 30 working groups.
 The weight of this
carpet is 47 tons - 35 tons of wool and 12
 tons of cotton. The
structure of the carpet 2,268,000 units.

The mosque is
the largest chandelier hanging. Seven copper
 gilt chandeliers were
imported from Germany. The largest
 chandelier has a 10-meter diameter
and 15-meter height. Front is also visible 
Qibla wall. It has a height
23 and width 50 meters and elaborately
 decorated in such a way as not
to distract the worshipers. 99 names (attributes) 
of Allah are on the
wall Qibla using traditional calligraphy Kufi.

For interior
decoration used white Italian marble,
 a 24-karat gold, semiprecious
stones - lapis lazuli, red agate, amethyst,
 shell clams, rock crystal,
natural pearl.

Inside the
mosque, let all comers, but because
 the mosque is an active place of
prayer and a Muslim shrine, women should
 cover their heads. Not
allowed to go to the mosque wearing shorts.
 At the time of prayers
tourists kicked out.