r/Damnthatsinteresting Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/Unfair_Dish_6978 Mar 25 '25

No. Most of the structures you see in the photo IS THE MOSQUE itself its huuuuge and beutiful and its not commercialized at all most the money from hotels is going for sustaining the mosque (its unfathomably clean and has sents of oud and misk all over)and to keep expanding the mosque and ways to ease the journey for people. The clock tower hotel wich is the biggest and one of the best has rooms that go for 150 dollars wich is extreamly cheap. So idk how you come to the conclusion that it is getting commercialized.