مسجد الحرام

Masjid al-Haram

location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia (Province Hejaz)

date: 638, 1571 

construction: Capacity 820,000, Minaret(s) Nine

type: Mosque

Isha at the Masjid al-Haram, 2006

Pilgrims circumambulating the Kaaba during the Hajj

Makkah al-Mukarramah and 1787 Turkish artwork of the Holy Mosque and related religious sites (Jabal al-Nur)

 

Mecca 1850

Mecca 1910

Mecca 2007

This watercolor-rendering was done by Ali Akbar Sahiwala, a fourth-year undergraduate student studying architecture at the University of Toronto, Canada. Having worked with Bruce Mau Design earlier this year (2009) for an urban development and a future transportation infrastructure for the Holy City of Makkah, Ali dedicated this painting for the auspicious Eid-Al-Adha celebration that follows the annual Hajj pilgrammage in which millions of Muslim pilgrims visit the Holy City. He was influenced by his mentor, Michael McCann who is an award-winning rendering artist