SPA – JEDDAH:
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister – may God protect him – inaugurated the second phase of Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s project to develop historic mosques, aimed at various To rehabilitate and restore 130 historic mosques in the areas of the state. The second phase of the Historic Mosque Development Project consists of 30 historic mosques distributed in 13 regions of the state, including 6 mosques in the Riyadh region, 5 mosques in the Mecca region, 4 mosques in the Medina region, 3 mosques in the Asir region. , and two mosques in the Eastern Province. and the same in each of al-Jauf and Jazan, and one mosque in each of the northern borders, Tabuk, al-Baha, Nazran, Hail and al-Qasim.
Mosques were chosen according to their historical and heritage significance, whether related to the biography of the Prophet, the Islamic Caliphate, or the history of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His Highness directed – God protect them – to implement the second phase of mosques by Saudi companies with expertise in heritage buildings and experience in their field, Saudi engineers to ensure the preservation of the original urban identity of each mosque Its establishment with the importance of incorporating His Majesty’s inauguration of the second phase of the project to develop historic mosques comes after the completion of the first phase, which was launched at the beginning of the project in the year 2018, which involved the rehabilitation and restoration of 30 historic mosques in 10 areas . The cost of approximately 50 million riyals and the capacity of worshipers of about 4,400 worshipers, while the age of the largest historical mosque within the first phase reached 1432 AH. Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s project for the development of historic mosques is based on 4 strategic goals, which are summarized in the rehabilitation of historic mosques for worship and prayer, restoring the urban authenticity of historic mosques, cultural heritage of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia To highlight the dimension, enhance the religious and cultural status of historic mosques, and contribute to uncovering the cultural and civilizational dimension of the state by 2030 by preserving the original urban features and benefiting from them in developing the design of modern mosques want to see.