Makkah Clock Royal Tower îşi va deschide parţial porţile la sfârşitul lunii iunie, iar ceasul va începe să funcţioneze o lună mai târziu, înaintea Ramadanului, luna de post a musulmanilor. Turnul va fi al doilea ca înălţime în construcţie în lume, după Burj Khalifa (828 m) din Dubai.
Ceasul, de 45 m înălţime şi 43 m lăţime, va fi punctul central al unui complex de şapte turnuri, pe care le construieşte gigantul imobiliar saudit BinLaden Group şi grupul hotelier Fairmont pentru guvernul saudit, a adăugat el. Prezentat ca cel mai mare din lume, ceasul, de fabricaţie germană, se va vedea de la 17 km de jur împrejur seara şi de la 11-12 km ziua. Scopul este ca cei 1,5 miliarde de musulmani din lume să se raporteze de acum înainte la Islamic Mean Time (IMT), în loc de Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Directorul a anunţat că hotelul este construit dintr-o structură de ciment de 662 m şi, deasupra, o parte metalică de 155 m. Turnul face parte dintr-un complex de clădiri care reprezintă o investiţie de 3 miliarde de dolari, botezată Anraj al-Bait Towers, şi numără circa 3.000 de camere şi apartamente, majoritatea având vedere la Marea Moschee de la Mecca, spre care se îndreaptă musulmanii în timpul celor cinci rugăciuni zilnice, a adăugat directorul general.
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