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Description
Property Name: King Fahad Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Mosques
Inventory No: 44-350-1
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-08-05
Country (State party): United Kingdom
Province: Gibraltar
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 36° 6′ 43.2″ N
5° 20′ 44.08″ W
Historic Period: 20th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction: 1997
Style: Contemporary
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Located at the southern tip of Gibraltar, the building is a gift of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. It houses a school, a library and a lecture hall and is the only multi-purpose mosque in the region.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
The building was a gift from King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and took two years to build at a cost of around £5 million. It was officially inaugurated on 8 August 1997.[
First impressions of the mosque are fairly simple and bland, but the design is very complex and well thought out. Its first floor comprises six classrooms, a conference hall, a library, a kitchen, bathroom, housing for the caretaker, morgue, offices for administration purposes, and the Imam´s house.The main prayer hall is located on the second floor of the building. The ceiling is made up of nine solid brass chandeliers, that cannot be missed when entering the praying area. One of the chandelier is hung from the enormous dome that is at an extreme height. The walls are imported marble stretching across the whole mosque.
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