Mega Mecca Construction

               Over the past few years, Mecca has benefited benevolently in terms of infrastructure. Italian photographer Luca Locatelli, visited Mecca this year during the time of umrah. He manage to capture how radiant and radically the city had changed. The capacity of the site has been expanding since  late 1970. The cost of the projected was estimated to be around $26.6 billion. The man purpose was to expand the capacity of the Grand Mosque. Features that were planned to be added include: new wings, prayers areas, escalators and hundreds of bathrooms.

Reference: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/magazine/mecca-goes-mega.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth&region=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below

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