Abu Dhabi, January 15: A total of 300,000 people visited Shaikh Zayed Grand Mosque last month with Friday, the last day in 2010, witnessing the highest number of visitors — at 27,000.
Over 25,000 visited the mosque on the country’s 39th National Day on December 2.
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque centre is keen on identifying visitors and briefing them on the features of the structure which portray the aesthetics of the Islamic art and the peculiarities in Abu Dhabi, through continuous tours from 9am until 8pm every day.
A number of guides brief visitors on its architectural significance and its foundation in 1996 by an initiative of the late Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
–Agencies–