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ArchNet Place ID AP00490
Variant Names Makkah
Province Mintaqat Makkah, Western Region
Country Saudi Arabia
Latitude 21 27 N
Longitude 39 49 E
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[ All sites (6)  |   Historical (3)  |   Contemporary (3) ]

Associated sites
Site Date Century Images
Al-Ka'bah rebuilt multiple times, 685/65 AH, 693/74 AH, latest in 1631/1040 AH 7th, 17 1
Al-Masjid al-Haram Expansions: 646-7, 683-5, 709-10, 783-7, 918-9; rebuilt 1571-7; restored 1925-7; expanded 1955-76 7th, 8th, 10th, 16, 20 1
Cultural Pottery House 1999 20th 23
Harat al-Bab Restoration mid 19th c., restored 1991 19th, 20th 5
Inter-Continental Hotel and Conference Center 1974 20th 45
Settlement Program for Semi-Nomads 1993 20th 19

Associated publications
Author Title Year
Ibrahim, Abdelbaki Mohamed (ed) Development Project Around Masjid al-Haram 1999
Khoury, Nuha N The Dome of the Rock, the Ka'ba, and Ghumdan: Arab Myths and Umayyad Monuments 1993
Angawi, Sami The Hajj and Conservation 1980
Ibrahim, Abdelbaki Mohamed (ed) Hot-Dry Region: Housing Characteristics in the Arid-Hot Region, Part 1 1998
Ibrahim, Abdelbaki Mohamed (ed) Hot-Dry Region: Housing Characteristics in the Arid-Hot Region, Part II 1999
Ibrahim, Abdelbaki Mohamed (ed) Housing Typology in Saudi Arabia at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century 1999
Holod, Renata and Darl Rastorfer Inter-Continental Hotel and Conference Centre 1983
Khan, Fazlur R King Abdul Aziz University, Mecca 1982
Fathy, Hassan A Memorandum Regarding The Planning Of Mecca For The Future In Consideration Of The Rituals Of Hajj 1976
Serageldin, Ismail Planning and Housing for the Hajj 1985
Sevcenko, Margaret Bentley (ed) Planning Workshop: Determinants of Campus Design 1982
Allawi, Ibrahim Some Evolutionary and Cosmological Aspects to Early Islamic Town Planning 1988
Asani, Ali, and Carney E Through the Lens of Mirza of Delhi: The Debbas Album of Early-Twentieth-Century Photographs of Pilgrimage Sites in Mecca and Medina 1998
Grabar, Oleg Upon Reading al-Azraqi 1985
Costa, Paolo Urban Settlements in the Arabian Peninsula: Problems of Methodology and History 1999

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