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    The Clock Towers - Wikipedia

    • The building is topped by a four-faced clock, visible from 25 kilometres (16 miles) away. The clock is the highest in the world at over 400 m (1,300 ft) above the ground, surpassing the Allen-Bradley clock tower in Milwaukee. The clock faces are the largest in the world, surpassing the Cevahir Mall clock in Istanbul. Each of the clock's four faces measures 43 m (141 ft) i… See more

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    21°25′8″N 39°49′35″E / 21.41889°N 39.82639°E
    The Clock Towers (Arabic: أبراج الساعة, romanized: ʾAbrāj al-Sāʿaẗ, lit. 'Towers of the Clock', formerly known as Arabic: أبراج البيت, romanized: … See more

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    The tallest tower in the complex is the tallest building in Saudi Arabia, at 601 meters (1,972 feet) and a total surface area of 32,000 square meters. It is the sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the world, surpassing … See more

    Architectural stylePostmodern · New Classical
    LocationMecca, Saudi Arabia
    Completed2011
    StatusCompleted
    Incidents

    The Clock Towers complex had two fire incidents during construction. The first fire accident was at Hajar Tower on 28 October 2008. It took 400 firefighters to put out the fire, which burned for 10 hours, consuming nine floors … See more

     
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