To keep alive the country’s unique culture and traditions, the centre has published its ‘Arts and Architecture’ series.

One of the biggest mosques in the country, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre, is famous for its grand architecture and heritage and to keep alive the country’s unique culture and traditions, the centre has published its ‘Arts and Architecture’ series.

The Centre, on a regular basis, publishes these series on the Centre’s Instagram page as a part of a larger national effort to highlight the culture and traditions that are rooted in Islam.

As a part of the series, the cultural tour guides of the Centre educate followers on social media platforms, and those interested from different cultures of the world, about the Mosque’s Islamic distinct features.

Through this, they convey messages of tolerance, coexistence, and cultural rapprochement, through the harmony and diversity of its details.

The latest series features the reflective pools that surround Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque that represent one of the most important aesthetic features inspired by Islamic architecture.

In Islamic heritage, pools and fountains have been the main elements in decorating Islamic gardens. The pools are decorated with thousands of mosaic pieces in blue shades.

With a total area of 7,000 square meters, they are designed to surround the Mosque from the outside and bring its architecture to life.

Reflecting the mosque’s magnificent columns and becoming even more spectacular by the lighting at night, these reflective pools are rectangular in shape, which adds an aesthetic element to the and attracts the attention of visitors.

Another aspect of these pools at t Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is that they act as coolants by reducing heat and mitigating the impact of drought.

Historically, pools have been an element of attraction and beauty. In fact, ancient people have turned water structure into a universal symbol and an engineering miracle by transferring water from different sources to stone formations, such as pools, basins, fountains, giving the surrounding environment an aesthetic value and serving different purposes.