King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center

King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center is a Sunni Islam mosque and centre for Islamic culture located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is named after King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. The idea of its construction began to take shape in the late seventies, when the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia opened its Embassy in the Argentina's capital. It was considered then very important to build a major Islamic Centre in Argentina that fulfils the function of making known the Arab culture and Islamic Civilization to the Argentina society and responds also to the aspirations of the Islamic Community in Argentina in this sense. Since then, the Embassy worked with the Argentine authorities to fulfil that desire, and found, from the first time, a full backup by all government agencies, including the Argentina Presidency, to the realization of the interest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to build the centre. Finally, that desire translated into reality when the Argentine government decided to generously donate land in the Federal Capital to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to build an Islamic Centre for the Islamic Community in Argentina, meanwhile assuming the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , full funding of its construction. When the construction of the Centre was finished, the King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center was inaugurated by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz, Crown Prince then, on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdulaziz, with the presence of the highest national authorities of Argentina, proceeding to discover the plaque on Monday 27 of Yumadah AlThani, year 1421H.of the Islamic Calendar, corresponding to September 25, 2000. The design of the project was entrusted to a Saudi company of high standing in the field of construction and architecture to ensure the center is a prototype construction that reflects the Arab and Islamic civilization in Argentina and constitutes a cultural landmark in Latin America. The construction, however, was conducted by an Argentine company. The building stands out in the Palermo neighbourhood for its particular architecture. Inside there is a kindergarten, an elementary school, a theatre, a library, and a 2000 m2 worship area covered with elegant carpets and topped by a beautiful three-meter high crystal chandelier.

The design of the project was entrusted to a Saudi company of high standing in the field of construction and architecture to ensure the center is a prototype construction that reflects the Arab and Islamic civilization in Argentina and constitutes a cultural landmark in Latin America. The construction, however, was conducted by an Argentine company. The building stands out in the Palermo neighborhood for its particular architecture. Inside there is a kindergarten, an elementary school, a theater, a library, and a 2000 m2 worship area covered with elegant carpets and topped by a beautiful three-meter high crystal chandelier.