It is difficult to imagine that among the dried up rivers, lifeless deserts, a beautiful, clean and greened city can grow. The capital of the UAE - Abu Dhabi - impresses with its wealth, modernity, and the ability to combine the culture and traditions of its people with current technological progress. In this city, the past, present and future are skillfully intertwined. Ancient buildings and mosques are adjacent to high business centers. Cleanliness and order reigns everywhere, a huge number of green spaces amazes the imagination, and densely set fountains of various shapes will not allow you to die from the heat even on the hottest day.
Abu Dhabi is the most populated of the emirates, this is not surprising, because only Al Ain can be compared with it in terms of beauty and a high standard of living. The creators of the city had to work hard, because only maintaining the vitality of the gardens is worth what, every bush, tree, flowerbed with flowers is irrigated, desalination plants are used for this purpose. The most luxurious buildings are concentrated near the coastline, rich buildings are also located on the streets of Sheikhs Hamdan, Khalifa and Zayed, all of them are parallel to each other.
In this Muslim city there are a lot of mosques that are even in the vicinity. But there is also one very unusual attraction - the huge mosque in Abu Dhabi, built by Sheikh Zayed. This is one of the largest Muslim shrines in the world. The mosque at the same time under the arches can gather more than 40 thousand believers, it is decorated with a thousand columns, 82 domes, chandeliers, the largest handmade carpet, gilding, gold leaf. The first service was the burial of the monarch - Sheikh Zayed. The construction is surrounded by pools, the mirror surface of which gives the mosque mystery. A peculiar lighting system floods the building with dazzling moonlight, and during the day it bathes in the sun.
For three centuries, Abu Dhabi has been ruled by the Al Casimi family, and it has been doing very successfully. The city has grown significantly over the past two decades due to the rebuilding of nearby villages. The center of the capital of the UAE is closer to the bay, but industrial quarters stretch far east and north to the deserts. In Abu Dhabi, modern supermarkets and business centers peacefully coexist with ancient mosques, oriental markets and museums. There are also centers of art and culture, museums, educational institutions.
The foundation of the city is devoted to a very beautiful legend. Once a gazelle was met by hunters, and they chased after it. The animal ran for a long time through the desert, leaving no hope of hiding from its pursuers, until it ran out to the coast of the Persian Gulf. Then the gazelle threw itself into the water, but didn’t drown, but found a ford and went to the island, the hunters followed on its heels, so they were very surprised when the victim brought them to a source of fresh water. People did not kill the animal, but founded a settlement here, which was called the father of the gazelle, which sounds like Abu Dhabi.
Photos of the capital of the
United Arab Emirates are striking in their beauty, a combination of West and East. But only having been here, plunged into the atmosphere, knowing the culture and traditions of the people, you can understand how beautiful this city is.