Stephen’s Tower), which is a place for the bell Big Ben and the Empire State Building. This is the heart of a vast complex, which is funded by the Government of Saudi Arabia, in which there is a hotel, shopping center, and conference rooms.Īppearance of the giant clock tower, is very similar to the two towers of St. Telegraph, Wednesday (), reported, hours were placed in the Makkah Clock Royal Tower, which dominates the Islamic holy city.
Clock started ticking Thursday (), when Muslims began fasting during Ramadan. Giant Clock in Mecca, Trying to Beat GMTįor more than a century, a point on a hill in southeast London has been recognized as a center of world time and the official starting point of each new day.īut now the supremacy of Greenwich Mean Time or better known by the acronym GMT, is being challenged by a new giant clock built in Mecca, which is expected to be a reference time for the 1.5 billion Muslims around the world, to adjust their watches soon.
Mecca Clock Tower: largest, tallest and the biggest in the world
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