The Jubail Mosque, which is located in the Thaqeef Center, south of Taif Governorate, in the Makkah Al-Mukarramah region, is famous for its stones that were built in the Sarat urban style 3 centuries ago, which made it join the mosques of the second phase of Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s project to develop historical mosques, so that the project restores this mosque’s ancient urban traditions, and enhances Public awareness of taking care of historical mosques and the importance of preserving them over time.
The area of the Jubail Mosque, which was built 300 years ago, after the completion of the development process, will reach 310 square meters, while its capacity will remain the same at 45 worshipers after the completion of its renovation, as the process of rebuilding it will depend on a set of methods that will preserve its main component, the stone of the Sarawat Mountains. In addition to the local wood used in ceilings, columns, windows, and doors, thus forming a building characterized by narrow openings that symbolize this unique urban style.
The wood of the Jubail Mosque relies on juniper trees for its durability and hardness, and modern building materials such as cement are replaced when restoring the Jubail Mosque with natural materials, the most important of which are granite stones. And modern in a way that gives the components of mosques an appropriate degree of sustainability.
The Jubail Mosque comes as part of Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s project to develop historical mosques in its second phase, which included 30 mosques in all 13 regions of the Kingdom, with 6 mosques in the Riyadh region, 5 mosques in the Makkah region, 4 mosques in the Medina region, and 3 mosques in the region. Asir, and two mosques in the eastern region, and the same in each of Al-Jawf and Jizan, and one mosque in each of the northern borders, Tabuk, Al-Baha, Najran, Hail, and Al-Qassim.
The Prince Mohammed bin Salman project for the development of historical mosques works to achieve a balance between ancient and modern construction standards in a way that gives the components of mosques an appropriate degree of sustainability, and integrates the effects of development with a set of heritage and historical characteristics, while the process of developing them is being carried out by Saudi companies specialized in heritage buildings and with experience. In its field, with the importance of involving Saudi engineers to ensure the preservation of the authentic urban identity of each mosque since its establishment.
It is noteworthy that the launch of the second phase of the Historic Mosques Development Project came after the completion of the first phase, which included the rehabilitation and restoration of 30 historical mosques in 10 regions.
The project stems from 4 strategic objectives, summarized by rehabilitating historical mosques for worship and prayer, restoring the urban authenticity of historical mosques, highlighting the civilizational dimension of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, strengthening the religious and cultural status of historical mosques, and contributing to highlighting the cultural and civilizational dimension of the Kingdom that Vision 2030 focuses on by preserving the characteristics Authentic urbanism and its use in developing the design of modern mosques.
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