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Source: US.Kings – United States BOOK OF RECORDS.

Built way back in 1943, the four face clock was also the tallest altogether at the time when it saw completion. A massive 20 meter structure that sits atop a 135-meter tall tower (443 feet) in the train station of Central do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro finds fame as also the fourth biggest clock in the world. In the list of the biggest clocks in the world is an entry from the fascinating country of Brazil that which houses also one of the oldest mentions included herein. Fittingly therefore, some 21,000 white and green coloured lights, the same as the Saudi Flag, are fitted at the top of the clock that flash to signal Islam’s five-time daily prayers in its significant standing in a city that is world famous for housing the largest mosque in the world and the most sacred of sites in Islam, the Great Mosque of Mecca. With the Saudi Coat of Arm in display at the center of each face behind the dials, the clock makes for one of the standout features in Mecca and therefore is almost a national symbol of Saudi Arabia. With each of its four faces measuring 43 meters in diameter, the clocks come also topped by a 128-metre spire with a 23-metre-high golden crescent at the top. While the 601 meters tall tower itself is significant in being the tallest building in entire Saudi Arabia and the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the world, it is also as notable for its giant four face clock that is also the world’s highest at some 400 meters above the ground. The central hotel tower of the Abraj Al Bait or Towers of the House, known as the the Makkah Royal Clock Tower, has the world’s largest clock face. In close proximity to the revered religious site of the Great Mecca resides a complex of seven skyscraper hotels, one of which houses the biggest clock in the world.

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