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WORLD'S LARGEST CHURCH
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome
Area: 20,139 m2 ; Gross volume in m³ - 1,200,000; Completed
1626
Capacity 60,000+ Length 730 feet (220 m) Width 500 feet (150 m)
Height (max) 452 feet (138 m) Dome dia. (outer) 137.7 feet (42.0 m)
WORLD'S TALLEST CHURCH
Ulm Münster, Ulm, Germany - 530 ft High
Largest Protestant Gothic church in Germany. Has 768 stairs going up to a
height of 143 m. Spires were intended to be shorter, but height increased to
outdo Cologne Cathedral.
SECOND TALLEST CHURCH (REAL CLOSE!!)
Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, England - 524 ft High
Tallest building in the world from 1311 to 1549. Was 103 metres from 1549 to
1807.
WORLD'S LARGEST INDOOR SWIMMING POOL
World Water Park .... Edmonton , Alberta , Canada ...5 Acres
WORLD'S LARGEST OFFICE COMPLEX ............ CHICAGO
Chicago Merchandise Mart... Illinois , USA
WORLD'S LARGEST SHOPPING MALL
South China Mall, Dongguan, China ...892,000 square meters. Shops on 6 floors
WORLD'S WIDEST BRIDGE........ AUSTRALIA
Sydney harbor bridge, Australia ....16 lanes of car traffic.. ....
8 lanes in the upper floor, 8 in the lower floor
WORLD'S LONGEST BRIDGE.............. CHINA
Donghai Bridge , China ...32.5 kilometres
WORLD'S BIGGEST PASSENGER SHIP
ROYAL CARIBEAN MS Freedom of the Seas......
4300 passenger capacity Inside
WORLD'S BIGGEST PLANE...............AIRBUS
Airbus A380...........555 Passengers 
WORLD'S BIGGEST BUS
Neoplan Jumbo - cruiser......2 in 1 bus....double deck bus......
170 passenger capacity
WORLD'S HIGHEST STATUE............... BRAZIL
CHRIST THE REDEEMER STATUE.....RIO DE JANEIRO ....... BRAZIL
WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING......... DUBAI
Burj Dubai...........900 meters high.
WORLD'S LARGEST PALACE... ROMANIA
Palace of the Parliament..... Bucharest , Romania ...........
More than 500 bedrooms, 55 kitchens, 120 sitting rooms
WORLD'S BIGGEST STADIUM......... BRAZIL
MARACANA STADIUM........... RIO D.J............ BRAZIL
CAPACITY...199,000
WORLD'S COSTLIEST STADIUM....... ENGLAND
New WEMBLEY STADIUM, London ..
.90,000 capacity. Cost...$1.6 billion
WORLD'S MOST COMPLEX INTER-CHANGE... HOUSTON , TEXAS
Interstate 10 Highways Interchange... Houston , Texas
WORLD'S BIGGEST EXCAVATOR
Built by KRUPP of Germany ..
.45,500 tons...95 meters high...215 meters long
WORLD'S LARGEST HINDU TEMPLE
BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham, New Delhi, India.
WORLD'S LARGEST MOSQUE... PAKISTAN
Shah Feisal mosque..... Islamabad ... Pakistan
See Also:
World's Most Expensive Saree
Measures 356 ft (109 m) long, 316 ft (96 m) wide and 141 ft (43 m) high. It was built within five years by 11,000 artisans and volunteers.
Inside hall capacity....35,000 outside overflow capacity...150,000
It is more expensive than a Ferrari! Chennai Silks, a textile unit, has come up with one of
a kind saree that it hopes will give it an unmistakable entry into the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most unique and expensive saree.
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