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Kiswa Factory

Factory in Mecca Sharif where the Kiswah, or the fabric that drapes the Kabah is made. Kaaba was clothed by King Tubba for the first time, cost of making the kiswa now amounts to whopping 4.5 million dollars

Mecca Sharif, Saudi Arabia

Coordinates: 21.434790, 39.756733

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Masjid ul-Jinn (Mosque of the Jinn)

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Black Desert

70 million years ago this area was all under the sea and very volcanically active. The volcanic activity caused magma to spew which cooled into this black lava

Jamaraat Bridge

Originally constructed in 1963 and has been expanded several times since then, The Jamaraat Bridge is a pedestrian bridge in Mina mainly used by Muslims during the stoning of the devil ritual of the Hajj

The City & Timeline of Mecca Sharif

Arabic Makkah, ancient Bakkah, city, western Saudi Arabia, located in the Sirat Mountains, inland from the Red Sea coast is the holiest of Muslim cities

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