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Abraj Al Bait

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Abraj Al Bait, also known as the Clock Towers, is a government owned hotel complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project intended to modernize the city for its pilgrims. Its central hotel tower, the Mecca Royal Clock Tower, is the fourth tallest building and sixth tallest freestanding structure in the world, and according to Guinness World Records it carries the tallest clock tower in the world, with the largest clock faces in the world and a Clock Tower Museum occupying its top four floors; the complex of seven buildings is also, by cost, the world's second most expensive building.

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Building Type
Hotel Complex 1
Location
Mecca, Saudi Arabia 1
Completed Year
2012 1
Height (m)
601 1
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Opening: 2012; 14 years ago (2012)
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The tallest tower in the complex is the tallest building in Saudi Arabia, at 601 m (1,972 ft).
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The Clock Towers is a government-owned hotel complex with seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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The Clock Towers is a government-owned hotel complex with seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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