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Muscat National Mosque
In 1992 Sultan Qaboos directed that his country of Oman should have a Grand Mosque. A competition for its design took place in 1993 and after a site was chosen at Bausher construction commenced in 1995. Building work, which was undertaken by Carillion Alawi LLC took six years and four months.
The Mosque is built from 300,000 tonnes of Indian sandstone. The main musalla (prayer hall) is square (external dimensions 74.4 x 74.4 metres) with a central dome rising to a height of fifty metres above the floor. The dome and the main minaret (90 metres) and four flanking minarets (45.5 metres) are the mosque’s chief visual features. The main musalla can hold over 6,500 worshippers, while the women’s musalla can accommodate 750 worshipers. The outer paved ground can hold 8,000 worshipers and there is additional space available in the interior courtyard and the passageways, making a total capacity of up to 20,000 worshipers.
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| Muscat attractions |
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| Muscat is popularly
known as the
financial capital of
Oman. The capital
has a pride and
grandeur of its own
and has successfully
blended the best of
the ancient and the
modern. The city is
has in the offering
picturesque beaches,
beautiful mosques,
forts that are
reminiscent of
Muscat's glorious
past and scenic
gardens and natural
parks. Apart from
these the Muscat Tourist
Attractions also include the
exquisitely
beautiful palace
that is home to
Muscat's royal
family. Among the Muscat
Tourist Attractions mention can
be made of the
beaches, parks and
gardens, forts and
the palace. |
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| Nizwa attractions |
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| Nizwa is one of the
oldest cities in
Oman and it was once
a center of trade,
religion, education
and art. Its Jama
(grand mosque) was
formerly a center
for Islamic
learning. Nizwa
acquired its
importance because
it has been an
important meeting
point at the base of
the Western Hajar
Mountains. Set amid
a verdant spread of
date palms, it is
strategically
located at the
crossroads of routes
linking the interior
with Muscat and the
lower reaches of
Dhofar thus serving
as the link for a
large part of the
country. Today,
Nizwa is a diverse
prosperous place
with numerous
agricultural,
historical and
recreational
aspects. Nizwa is a
center for date
growing and is the
market place for the
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| Salalah attractions |
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| The green mountains and beautiful coast can only do so much. Nature did its part. Isn’t time that we did something too? Governments job is to provide the infrastructure the city needs. It’s the private sectors and investors turn. Restaurants, malls, parks, worldwide standard hotels ( 10 year old apartment building don’t count for tourist accommodation nor does renting ur house during the season!). |
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