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The Gate of Mecca, Mecca Gate or Makkah Gate (Arabic: بوابة مكة Bawwābāt Makka), also known as Qur'an Gate (Arabic: بوابة القرآن Bawwābāt al-Qurʾān), is an arch gateway monumental on the Makkah al-Mukkarramah road of the Jeddah–Makkah Highway. It is the entrance to Mecca, the birthplace of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and signifies the boundary of the haram area of the city of Mecca, where non-Muslims are prohibited to enter.

This article is about landmark on the Jeddah–Makkah Highway. For historic gate in the north of Shiraz, see Qur'an Gate. For Bab Makkah gate into Al-Balad district of Jeddah, see Jeddah.
Mecca Gate
بوابة مكة
Bawwābāt Makka
Gate (2015)
Location in Saudi Arabia
Coordinates21°21′44.5″N 39°40′0.2″E
LocationJeddah–Makkah Highway; Mecca, Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia
DesignerDia Aziz Dia (designer)
Samir Elabd (architect)
Typeroad arch gateway
Materialreinforced concrete
Length135–152 m (443–499 ft)
Width26–48 m (85–157 ft)
Heightpremises: 3 m (10 ft)
wings: 3–23 m (10–75 ft)
book: 23–31 m (75–102 ft)
Beginning date1979; 43 years ago (1979)
Dedicated toQur'an, Muhammad
Websitewww.bawabat-makkah.com
Bawabat Makkah Co. is wholly owned by
Al-Balad al-Ameen Company.

History


The Gate was built in 1979. Design was done by Dia Aziz Dia, and architect was Samir Elabd.

Mecca Mayor, Osama bin Fadl al-Bar, acts as Bawabat Makkah Co. Board of Directors Chairman.[1] Complex Bawabat Makkah consists of 5 types of currently developing projects: Governmental Projects, Special Development Projects, Investment Projects, Non-profit Projects, and Funding Projects.[2]


Description


Broader view on complex
Broader view on complex

The gateway is built as an arch over the road, and consists of three main parts:

The main part is structure of Islam's Holy Book – Qur'an, sitting on a rehal (book stand).[3][4]

Reinforced concrete was used as primary building material; plastic, glass, wood and other materials are also present (e.g. Islamic luminous mosaics/vitrails beneath arches, arched entrances into premises etc.). Whole structure is decorated with various patterns and can get illuminated at night in many different ways.

Under structure there are palm trees planted in line along divide-island, as well as other lower trees and ornamental bushes growing on island around palms and at free land space beside four-laned parkway (divided highway). On its sides there is fine-cut boxwood inside tidy gardens, with shaped and perimeter fences, small parking lots and other auxiliary facilities extending into a big complex.


See also



References


  1. Chairman's Message Archived 2020-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. Western Suburb of Makkah Al Mukarramah. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. Types of Projects Archived 2016-05-12 at the Wayback Machine. Western Suburb of Makkah Al Mukarramah. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. Makkah Gate. IDEA Center Projects. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  4. ضياء عزيز ضياء مصمم بوابة مكة المحتفي بالضوء وألعاب الطفولة. makkahnewspaper.com. Retrieved June 13, 2017.


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