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The Burj Khalifa, also called the Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building, towers over the skyline in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The occupancy rate at the 160-story, 2,717-foot tall building boasts the most stories and highest occupied floor of any building in the world, and ranks as the world’s tallest structure, beating out a television mast in North Dakota.

The world’s tallest building opened in Dubai on Jan. 4, 2010, in the midst of a deep financial crisis. The Burj Khalifa tower — named in a nod to the leader of neighboring Abu Dhabi — is more than twice the height of New York’s Empire State Building’s roof.

The maidan, or public plaza, is an eight hectare space constructed under Shah Abbas I between 1590 and 1595 for state ceremonies and sport. A two storied, arcaded perimeter of stores was added by 1602 in an effort to introduce commerce to the area, luring merchants from the old city to the north.

Festivals and parades continued in this multifunctional space, alternating use of the large central area with commercial stalls. The arcaded facades were originally decorated with polychrome glazed tiles, the rhythm of the arcades broken once on each façade by the entrance to a building. On the south, the Shah Mosque; east, the Mosque of Shaykh Lutfallah; the Ali Qapu on the west façade; on the north the monumental entrance portal to a two kilometer bazaar which links the maydan to the old city.

The iwan of this grand portal, known as the Naqqara-khana, crowned with the representation of Sagittarius in mosaic tile, leads to the royal bazaar, the royal mint and the royal caravanserai. This was the strong room for the most valuable trade in the city.

Emirates Office Tower, also known as the Emirates Towers One of them is 54-storey office building along Sheikh Zayed Road in the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In connection with the 56-storey Jumeirah Emirates Towers hotel at retail boulevard, forming what is usually referred to as the Emirates Towers complex. The tower has a structural height of 354.6 meters (1163 feet) in height and roof 311 meters (1020 feet), 12 th-largest in total compensation is currently inhabitable buildings in the world. Emirates Office Tower is higher than Jumeirah Emirates Towers hotel, despite the lower two floors. Construction was completed in November 1999.

Dome of the Rock (Arabic:, translit.: Qubbat As-Sakhrah, translit.: Kipat Hasela, Turkish: Kubbetüs Sahra) is a notable Islamic holy site of pilgrimage for Muslims as the word Masjid al-Aqsa or the Noble Sanctuary (al – Haram Al-Qudsi al-Sharif) – that Jews and Christians call Har ha-Bayit or the Temple Mount – which remains one of the most famous monuments in Jerusalem. It was 687 to 691 of 9 Caliph ‘Abd al-Malik. Very often mistakingly called the Mosque of Omar, the mosque Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab, living in close proximity to the Church of the Holy grave.

Burj Al Arab (Arabic: برج العرب, “Tower of the Arabs”) is a luxurious hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the Jumeirah Group and built Khalil said. It was designed by Tom Wright was Atkins PLC. At 321 meters (1053 feet), is tallest building used exclusively as a hotel. However, Rose towers, as well as in Dubai, which already ranks Burj Al Arab in height, will be of the same title at its opening in April 2008. Burj Al Arab is located on an artificial island 280 meters (919 feet) in the Jumeirah Beach, and is linked to the mainland to the private bridge curve. He is a symbol, structure, which symbolize the Dubai urban transformation and simulate the growth marches sail on the ship.