Makkah hotels collection

Cut from the hills of Makkah, the granite of the Kaaba was laid again course by course after a flood had brought its walls down. A black silk covers it, embroidered with verses in gold and silver thread, woven anew each year. Around it, the court of Thassos marble throws back the sun and stays cool under bare feet, even at noon. On Jabal al-Nour, the cave of Hira opens between blocks of rock. As the pilgrimage approaches, the lower edge of the kiswa is raised and the Kaaba girded with white cloth, known as its ihram.