Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (part 1)

On my stay in Abu Dhabi I’ve managed to see the famous Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Despite the heat, on Friday afternoon i took a taxi and visited that one of the biggest Mosques in the world. I must admit that it looks majestic. I went to see it on Friday when mosque was closed till afternoon because of the Friday prayer. I had to wait a little bit, but I was lucky – the guard let me in when prayer was about to end, and I had a wonderful opportunity to walk around where there was no tourists around. That’s why you can see some photos of the mosque itself without hundreds of tourists running around and that was the situation after an hour when all tourists were let in.
So this is the first part of photos taken in Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque – when wandering around the building. In second part you’ll see the landscape with the tourists as well as wonderful interiors of that Grand Mosque.
Enjoy the pictures.

Photos taken from the taxi windows when going to the Sheikh Mosque.
Photos taken from the taxi windows when going to the Sheikh Mosque.
From the taxi window - Mosque is on the horizon.
From the taxi window – Mosque is on the horizon.
View at the Sheikh Zayed Mosque from the distance
View at the Sheikh Zayed Mosque from the distance
view at the back of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque
view at the back of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque
Going towards Sheikh Zayed Mosque
Going towards Sheikh Zayed Mosque
Waiting for the end of the prayer - when tourists can enter.
Waiting for the end of the prayer – when tourists can enter.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - separated line for man and women
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque – separated line for man and women
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Abayas on the right - you need it if you're a woman...
Abayas on the right – you need it if you’re a woman…
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Welcome to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - Visitor Entrance - go forward
Welcome to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque – Visitor Entrance – go forward
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - for the compulsory ablution before the prayer
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque – for the compulsory ablution before the prayer
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - taps for the compulsory ablution before the prayer
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque – taps for the compulsory ablution before the prayer
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

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