Riyadh, March 20 (NNN-IINA/ANTARA) King Abdullah Mosque, situated on the 77th floor of Riyadh's landmark Kingdom Tower entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest mosque in the world.

This was for the second time in a row the mosque finds a place in the Guinness Book. The mosque, built in 2004, lies at a height of 600 feet. There are two other mosques in the tower.

Kingdom Tower, a project of Prince Waleed bin Talal, is the tallest skyscraper in the Saudi capital city. The 971-feet tower incorporates a unique 60 meter sky bridge spanning the top, and it includes an enormous 625,000 sq. feet retail component.

It combines the most modern of space age aesthetics and technology with the ancient and revered customs of the Islamic world, IINA reported.