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Helen Betts | all galleries >> Touring the Gulf States >> Surprising Abu Dhabi >> Magnificent Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi > Main gate
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17-JAN-2015

Main gate

Even the gate to the mosque complex was impressive, more so at night, but unfortunately I didn't get a shot of it then.

The Sheik Zayed Grand Mosque can accommodate up to 40,000 worshippers, has four minarets, more than 80 domes and 1,000 pillars holding it all up. The interior has elements from Turkey, Morocco and the Taj Mahal exhibited in marble, gold, semi-precious stones, crystals and ceramics. It hosts the world’s largest Persian carpet, which took 2.000 artisans two years to complete and seven gold-plated crystal chandeliers. (Summary from Lonely Planet’s “Oman, UAE & Arabian Peninsula”)

Nikon D810 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/500s f/10.0 at 56.0mm iso100 full exif

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Carol Rollins07-Mar-2015 03:00
This is so beautiful!
Gill Kopy07-Mar-2015 01:54
No security presence here ? Another beautiful image of this complex V
Graeme06-Mar-2015 10:00
A very imposing main gate! V
chris morton06-Mar-2015 08:19
an interesting piece of symbolism with the cut-out arches following the form of the domes with their supports
Gerard Koehl06-Mar-2015 07:56
Cette entrée est magnifique. V
Martin Lamoon06-Mar-2015 07:52
A grand entrance
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