By Hussain Aref
More than two million pieces of botticino marbles, mosaic and coloured glasses were used to restore the minaret of a historic mosque to its original glory, it has emerged.
The 35-metre tall iconic structure at the Al Fadhel Mosque, built more than two centuries ago, was unveiled last night by the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (Baca).
The beautiful minaret was originally designed in 1938 and the document that made the restoration possible was a photograph by Maynard Owen Williams in 1946 for the National Geographic Magazine.
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