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Description
Property Name: Diplomatic Quarter Mosques
Inventory No: 966-1-1
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-07-24
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province: Riyadh
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 24° 41′ 13″ N
46° 37′ 38″ E
Historic Period: 20th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction: 1986
Style: Contemporary
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use: Mosque
Architect: Al-Shathry Consulting Engineers
Significance
The four mosques are composed of a rectangular prayer hall and an open courtyard.
A series of four mosques as part of the social infrastructure for the diplomatic quarter. Each mosque consists of a rectangular shaped prayer hall and an open courtyard. The architectural language is consistent for each of the four mosques.
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
Well preserved and open to prayers
References
Archnet.org