Saudi Arabia

Masjid al-Haram

Masjid al-Haram, also called the Grand Mosque or Sacred Mosque, is the vast sanctuary in the centre of Makkah that surrounds the Kaaba. For Muslims, it is Islam’s holiest mosque and the focus of daily prayer, Hajj and Umrah. It is a working place of worship whose paths, crowd management and access arrangements change with prayer times and pilgrimage seasons. Understanding that distinction makes both the site’s history and the practical planning easier to approach.…...