Al Qiblatayn
Al Qiblatayn is a neighborhood in Medina Region, Saudi Arabia. Al Qiblatayn is situated nearby to the neighborhood Al Anabis, as well as near the locality دوار السلام.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mosque Al-Qiblatayn - Mosque of the Two Qiblas and Prophet’s Mosque.
Mosque Al-Qiblatayn - Mosque of the Two Qiblas
Mosque
Photo: Aiman titi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Masjid al-Qiblatayn, also spelt Masjid al-Qiblatain, is a historic mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, located approximately 5 km north-west of the Prophet's Mosque.
Prophet’s Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Bluemangoa2z, Public domain.
The Prophet's Mosque is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina, after the Quba Mosque, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, in the Saudi region of the Hejaz. Prophet’s Mosque is situated 3½ km east of Al Qiblatayn.
Hejaz Railway Museum
Museum
The Hejaz Railway Museum in Medina is a railway museum that was opened in 2006. It is on the grounds of the restored historic Ottoman railway station at Medina, locally called استسيون "Istasyōn", including a stretch of the historic track and a train shed<ref>Pictures of the shed restoration among others at the with originally four tracks. Hejaz Railway Museum is situated 3 km southeast of Al Qiblatayn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Medina.
Medina
Photo: Medineli, Public domain.
Medina, officially known as Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, is a city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. Commonly referred to as the "cradle of Islamic culture and civilisation", it is Islam's second holiest city.
Al Qiblatayn
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Medina Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
24.47807° or 24° 28′ 41″ northLongitude
39.5762° or 39° 34′ 34″ eastOpen location code
7GPXFHHG+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 4548433122OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
“Al Qiblatayn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القبلتين”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Al Anabis and دوار السلام.
Notable Places Nearby
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