The Clock Tower in Mecca is one of Abraj Al-Bait Towers, also known as the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower. It is a building complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia and it is considered a part of the King AbdulAziz Endowment Project. The aim of this project is to modernize the holy city of Mecca and make it more enjoyable to the pilgrims. This amazing structure recorded as the tallest clock tower in the world and has the largest clock face. The complex's hotel tower became the second tallest building in the world for 2012, surpassing Tiwan's Taipei 101 and surpassed only by Dubai's Burj Khalifa. The building is infront of the largest and the most important mosque for Muslims, where they preform some mainly apprecaited kind of worshiping to God which are known as Hajj and Umra. The developer and contractor of the complex is the Saudi Binladin Group, the Kingdom's largest construction company. While Muslims are staying in these towers, they can enjoy the seen from above and take some beautiful pictures. Although, only Muslims are allowed in holy cities, non Muslims can still see live seens of this tower on the T.V. or the internet.
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