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Al Masjid Haram, meaning the Sanctuary Mosque. 1840 drawing representation of the mosque. The Mosque was built in the 7th century and has been modified, rebuilt, and expanded on a regular basis ever since.

Mosque in Mecca 1850, showing the queues to enter the mosque during hajj

View on the big mosque 1885 by Snouck Hurgronje

Picture of the Mosque and city in National Geographic Magazine.

Presently the largest mosque in the world with seven minarets, two-storey arcades, enlarged courtyard and the street between al – Safa and al -Marwa covered in the 1920s. The architecture is in the style of Ottoman empire

Hajj | National Geographic The Ka'aba is located inside the Masjid al-Ḥaram in the center of Mecca (Makkah).

Ka'aba serves as a focal and unifying point among the Muslim people. It is a cuboid-shape structure which is presently made of granite quarried from nearby hills. It is approximately 13.1 m high, with sides measuring 11.03 m by 12.86 m. During daily prayers, Muslims face toward the Ka'aba from wherever they are in the world (this is known as "facing the qiblah").

Mina is a permanet tent city 5km east of Mecca in the Makkah Province. It stands on the road from Mecca's city centre to the Hill of Arafat.

The tent city covers an area of approximately 20 km². There are more than 100,000 air conditioned tents tents were designed by Frei Otto, which provide temporary accommodation to visiting pilgrims. The tents are Teflon-coated and can withstand temperatures of up to 700 degrees Celsius.

A standard tent measures 8x8m, a smaller one 8x6m and larger 8x12m. Mina is divided into several camps; each camp has its own security wall, emergency exit, bathrooms and ablution facilities. The camps are connected to each other by pathways.

Snouck Hurgronje’s early photographs 1884-1885:The Platinum Series

Until 2004 the three jamaraat were tall pillars, but after the 2004 Hajj, Saudi authorities replaced the pillars with 26m long walls for safety as many people were accidentally throwing pebbles at people on the other side.

Following the stampede disaster of the January 2006 Hajj, the old bridge was demolished and construction began on a new multi-level bridge.