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La Mecca è una città dell'attuale Arabia Saudita occidentale, situata nella regione dell'Hegiaz. Capoluogo della provincia omonima, è per antonomasia la città santa per i musulmani. È la città in cui, per la tradizione musulmana, è nato Maometto, ricordato come profeta e rifondatore dell'Islam. Contiene la più grande moschea ...
- Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām
La Sacra Moschea della Mecca (Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, in arabo...
- Kaʿba
La Kaʿba (o al-Kaʿba [1]; in arabo كَعْبَة ?, kaʿba,...
- Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām
Mecca (/ ˈ m ɛ k ə /; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam. It is 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley 277 m (909 ft) above sea level.
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Width. 11.03 m (36 ft 2 in) Height (max) 13.1 m (43 ft 0 in) Materials. Stone, Marble, Limestone. The Kaaba, [b] sometimes referred to as al-Ka'ba al-Musharrafa, [d] is a stone building at the center of Islam 's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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- Mecca Province
4 giorni fa · Mecca, city, located in the Sirat Mountains in western Saudi Arabia, inland from the Red Sea coast. It is the site of the Kaaba, which is the holiest site in Islam, the central focus of the hajj pilgrimage, and the direction of Muslims’ daily prayers. Mecca is also the birthplace of Muhammad.
'The Sacred Mosque'), also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca, in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia.
In Islamic terminology, Hajj is a pilgrimage made to the Kaaba, the "House of Allah," in the sacred city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, alongside Shahadah (oath that one believes there is no god but Allah (God)), [6] salat (prayer), zakat (almsgiving) and sawm (fasting during Ramadan).