King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center

The King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center, officially the Islamic Cultural Center "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd in Argentina" (Spanish: Centro Cultural Islámico "Custodio de las Dos Sagradas Mezquitas, Rey Fahd"; abbreviated as CCIAR), is a Sunni Islam mosque and center for Islamic culture located in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center became the largest mosque in Latin America, after President Carlos Menem's 1995 grant of 34,000 square metres (370,000 sq ft) of municipal land in the Palermo section of Buenos Aires, following a state visit to Saudi Arabia.

[5] Designed by Saudi architect, Zuhair Fayez in the Arabic style, the building includes prayer halls with capacities for 1,200 men and 400 women.

[1][2] Apart from religious activities, the Center also organises sporting and social events such as football and cricket matches (for men exclusively), and Arabic language classes, all of them are free and open to public.

[2] Media related to Centro Cultural Islámico Rey Fahd at Wikimedia Commons