Wikipedia's first sentence called it “active place of worship in riyadh named after turki bin abdullah bin muhammad”. Today it says “sunni islam friday mosque in the ad-dirah neighborhood of riyadh”.
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Grand mosque in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia For similarly named mosques, see Grand mosque (disambiguation) . The Imam Turki bin Abdullah Grand Mosque ( Arabic : جامع الإمام تركي بن عبد الله ), also known as the Grand Mosque of Riyadh, is a Sunni Islam Friday mosque in the ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , located adjacent to al-Hukm Palace compound, in Deera Square. It was established in the period c. 1830 , during the reign of Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud . The mosque was rebuilt in 1992 in Modern Najdi architectural style. Seating 17,000 worshippers and measuring 16,800 square metres (181,000 sq ft), it is one of the largest mosques in Saudi Arabia. The exterior and upper portion of the interior is primarily brown Arriyadh Limestone which appears golden when lit up at night. The lower portion of the interior is in white marble. The structure includes separate men's and women's libraries, each 325 square metres (3,500 sq ft). The mosque is directly connected from the first floor to al-Hukm Palace via two bridges across as-Safaat Square.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque (also known as The Grand Mosque of Riyadh ) is an active place of worship in Riyadh named after Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad . Seating 17,000 worshippers and measuring 16,800 m2, it is one of the largest mosques in Saudi Arabia. The exterior and upper portion of the interior is primarily brown Arriyadh Limestone which appears golden when lit up at night. The lower portion of the interior is in white marble. The structure includes separate men's and women's libraries of 325-m2 each. The mosque is directly connected from the first floor to Qasr Al-Hukm Palace via two bridges across Assafah Square .
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Grand mosque in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque ( ), also known as the Grand Mosque of Riyadh or simply the Grand Mosque ( ), is a congregational mosque in the ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , located adjacent to Qasr al-Hukm while it overlooks the Deera Square .It was established during the reign of Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad al-Saud , the founder and Imam of the Second Saudi State and was later named after him. Seating 17,000 worshippers and measuring 16,800 m2, it is one of the largest mosques in Saudi Arabia . The exterior and upper portion of the interior is primarily brown Arriyadh Limestone which appears golden when lit up at night. The lower portion of the interior is in white marble. The structure includes separate men's and women's libraries of 325-m2 each. The mosque is directly connected from the first floor to al-Hukm Palace via two bridges across as-Safaat Square.
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active place of worship in riyadh named after turki bin abdullah bin muhammad
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sunni islam friday mosque in the ad-dirah neighborhood of riyadh
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