King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center, Islamic cultural center in Palermo, Argentina.

The King Fahd Islamic Cultural Center is a cream-colored complex on Avenida Intendente Bullrich 55 in Palermo, designed by Saudi architect Zuhair Fayez. Its two minarets rise above a building otherwise no taller than two stories; 160 steps lead to their upper windows, the last 13 nearly vertical. The mosque hall covers 2,000 m², and a 3-meter crystal chandelier with 230 bulbs hangs from the dome.

In 1995, during a state visit to Saudi Arabia, President Carlos Menem pushed through a law granting 3.5 hectares of state land in Palermo, valued at about $20 million, to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The mosque and cultural center, designed by Saudi architect Zuhair Fayez, was inaugurated on 25 September 2000 by President Fernando de la Rúa with Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, who arrived with a 250-person delegation.

The center is known locally as La Mezquita de Palermo. Its prayer hall is covered by a 2,000 m² mustard-and-burgundy carpet made in Saudi Arabia, and a crystal chandelier of 230 bulbs, 3 m across and 3 m high, hangs from the dome. Shoes are left on wooden shelves at the entrance, and visitors wash their feet in the bathrooms nearby before entering.

The complex stands at Avenida Intendente Bullrich 55 in Palermo, on 3.5 hectares of gardens with palms. Shoes must be removed before entering the prayer hall and left on wooden shelves; foot-washing facilities sit near the entrance. The information office is by the black iron gate. The two minarets rise above the two-storey building, reached by 160 steps, the last 13 nearly vertical.

The two minarets rise above the rest of the complex, which otherwise stays under two storeys. Reaching their upper windows means climbing 160 steps, the last 13 on a near-vertical ladder. The prayer hall's only ornament is a crystal chandelier of 230 bulbs, 3 m across and 3 m high, hung from the dome's centre.