King Khalid Grand Mosque

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King Khalid Grand Mosque (Arabic: جامع الملك خالد) is a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Umm al-Hammam al-Gharbi district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Built in 1987 and opened in 1988, it mixes Turkish architectural elements and is one of the city’s best-known landmarks. The mosque can hold about 5,400 worshippers and has one dome and one minaret. It remains an active place of worship, especially busy during Ramadan for Taraweeh prayers and on Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha for Eid prayers. It also offers Islamic funeral services, such as ritual baths and prayers. The mosque was funded by relatives of King Khalid bin Abdulaziz and named in his honor. The inauguration on April 14, 1988 featured a sermon by Sheikh Abd al-Aziz Ibn Baz. The building was expanded in 1993 to add a women’s section and again in 2004. In April 2022, the French ambassador to Saudi Arabia visited the mosque.