April 8, 2022 Medine Expansions
On 8 April 2022, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the King Salman Project to expand Quba Mosque in Medina, regarded as Islam's first mosque. The plan aims to enlarge it about tenfold to 50,000 square metres, with capacity for 66,000 worshippers.
195571 years ago
The first Saudi expansion of the Prophet's Mosque, begun under King Abdulaziz in 1949, was inaugurated by King Saud on 22 October 1955 in a ceremony attended by several Muslim heads of state. The work enlarged the mosque to 16,326 square metres.
1436Hijri
On the night of 25 Ramadan 1436 (July 2015), King Salman inaugurated five main projects of the Masjid al-Haram expansion launched under King Abdullah: the main expansion building, the courtyards, pedestrian tunnels, the central services station and the First Ring Road.
1409Hijri
On 2 Safar 1409 (September 1988), King Fahd laid the foundation stone for the second Saudi expansion of Masjid al-Haram. Completed in 1993, it was described as the largest expansion of the mosque in 14 centuries up to that time.
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