بوابة مكة Bawwābāt Makka | |
 Gate (2015) | |
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| 21°21′44.5″N 39°40′0.2″E / 21.362361°N 39.666722°E | |
| Location | Jeddah–Makkah Highway; Mecca, Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia |
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| 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 |
| Dedicated to | Qur'an, Muhammad |
| Website | www |
| Bawabat Makkah Co. is wholly owned by Al-Balad al-Ameen Company. | |
The Gate of Mecca, Mecca Gate or Makkah Gate (Arabic: بوابة مكة Bawwābāt Makka), also known as Qur'an Gate (Arabic: بوابة القرآن Bawwābāt 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.