FAISAL MASJID...!

-          Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
-          Built in: 1986
-          Designed by: Turkish architect, Vedat Dalokay
-          Built by: Pakistani Govt, with the help of King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz
-          Capacity: 50,000 Worshipers
-          Special Features & Measurements:

• Was the largest mosque in the world till 1993
• Turkish architectural style
• Covered area of 5,000 m²
• Third largest capacity of accommodating worshipers in its adjoining grounds after the Masjid al-Haram
• Each Minar 80m high (tallest in South asia), 10 x 100 m in diameter
• Architects from 17 countries submitted proposal for this Mosque’s construction
• Cost of building: 130 million Saudi riyal (approx. $120 million)
• Size: Building height: 131ft (40m); minaret height: 300ft...!