The Makkah Clock Tower
It is a construction project full of superlatives: the world’s largest tower clock in Mecca, the Holy City of Islam. The minute hand measures 23 meters in length and its giant clock face is 43 meters in diameter – therefore this gigantic clock tower is 35 times larger than Big Ben. The outer façade is adorned with over 98 million glass mosaic tiles with 24-carat gold leaf. By night over two million LEDs illuminate the tower clock making it legible from distances of over eight kilometers. At the end of construction, the building at the center of the sacred site breaks over 30 world records.