This article is about landmark on the Jeddah–Makkah Highway. For historic gate in the north of Shiraz, see Qur'an Gate. For Bab Makkah gate into Al-Balad district of Jeddah, see Jeddah.
Jeddah–Makkah Highway; Mecca, Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia
Designer
Dia Aziz Dia (designer) Samir Elabd (architect)
Type
road arch gateway
Material
reinforced concrete
Length
135–152 m (443–499 ft)
Width
26–48 m (85–157 ft)
Height
premises: 3 m (10 ft) wings: 3–23 m (10–75 ft) book: 23–31 m (75–102 ft)
Beginning date
1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Dedicated to
Qur'an, Muhammad
Website
www.bawabat-makkah.com
Bawabat Makkah Co. is wholly owned by Al-Balad al-Ameen Company.
The Gate of Mecca, Mecca Gate or Makkah Gate (Arabic: بوابة مكةBawwābāt Makka), also known as Qur'an Gate (Arabic: بوابة القرآنBawwābāt al-Qurʾān), is an arch gateway monumental on the Makkah al-Mukkarramah road of the Jeddah–Makkah Highway. It is the entrance to Mecca, the birthplace of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and signifies the boundary of the haram area of the city of Mecca, where non-Muslims are prohibited to enter.
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