The Mecca Clock Tower is six times the size of Big Ben and also dwarfs The Shard. It's also the sixth-tallest freestanding structure on Earth, falling behind the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Merdeka ...

Video: Lightning strikes clock tower in Mecca . Published August 23rd, 2023 - 06:25 GMT. From Social Media .

Other multi-billion-dollar projects of tower complexes, like Jabal Omar and Thakher Makkah, talk about “lively, all-inclusive communities" and “balanced spirituality.” ...

Extreme weather brings winds, fierce rains to Saudi Arabia’s Mecca. Pilgrims doing the tawaf on Tuesday were caught in storms as lightning hit an iconic tower in Mecca.

The extraordinary relevance of Jeddah’s tower houses is further increased by the fact that they are not only unique within the Red Sea culture region, an architectural typology born in Jeddah that ...

The Mecca Clock Tower is six times the size of Big Ben and also dwarfs The Shard. It's also the sixth-tallest freestanding structure on Earth, falling behind the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Merdeka ...