Prophet Mosque
The absolutely huge Prophet Mosque in Medina makes the city the second holiest city of Islam, after Mecca. The mosque has the Shrine of the Prophet Muhammad in the middle, also known as the Dome of the Prophet, and ten giant minarets around the edges.
Due to constant expansion over the years the mosque enclosure is one hundred times bigger than the first mosque built by the Prophet and can accommodate more than half a million worshippers. The thumbnail below is zoom level three!
Thanks: Frank Castle
hmmm…thats quite big. for a better perspective go south and see the cars
What’s the barren area to the right of the mosque? A graveyard? An archeological site?
Yes, it’s a graveyard
Thanks for the link, I would love to see mecca also, but I searched google maps and didn’t find net images like the one of Medina.
One can pick out the building all the way to zoom level 9.
Whoa.
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Check out how many helipads there are on the buildings ust north of the mosque.
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Where does the oil money go?
This is a wonderful location, you will have a spiritual comfort u can never feel any where else.