Monday, January 28, 2008

º World Superlative Building 2

WORLD'S LARGEST PALACE
Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania
more than 500 bedrooms, 55 kitchens,120 sitting rooms
WORLD'S BIGGEST STADIUM
MARACANA STADIUM, RIO D.J, BRAZIL
CAPACITY - 199,000 WORLD'S COSTLIEST STADIUM
New WEMBLEY STADIUM, London
90, 000 capacities, cost $1.6 billion
MOST COMPLEX INTER-CHANGE
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 MOSQUE
Shah Feisal mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan
Inside hall capacity - 35,000 , Outside overflow capacity - 150,000
WORLD'S BIGGEST HOTEL
MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas
6,276 rooms

WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE HOTEL
Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai. only 7 Star Hotel in the World
Cheapest room- $1000 per night , Royal suit - $28,000 per night
WORLD'S BIGGEST CHURCH BUILDING
Winners` C hapel. Canaanland, Otta, Nigeria
Inside Sitting Capacity - 50,000 , Outside Overflow Capacity - 250,000
WORLD'S BIGGEST ROMAN-CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL
IVORY-COAST

º World Superlative Building 1

WORLD'S BIGGEST INDOOR SWIMMING-POOL
World Water Park - Edmonton, Albert, Canada
SIZE - 5 Acres
WORLD'S BIGGEST OFFICE COMPLEX
Chicago Merchandise Mart - Illinois, USA WORLD'S BIGGEST SHOPPING MALL
South China Mall, Dongguan, China
892,000 meter-square Shops on 6 floors
WORLD'S BUSIEST AIRPORT
J.F.K International Airport , New York, USA WORLD'S WIDEST BRIDGE
Sydney harbor bridge, Australia…16 lanes of car traffic…
8 lanes in the upper floor, 8 in the lower floor
WORLD'S LONGEST BRIDGE
Donghai Bridge , China
32.5 kilo meters
WORLD'S BIGGEST PASSENGER-SHIP
MS Freedom of the Seas
4300 passenger Capacity Inside
WORLD'S BIGGEST PLANE
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
CHRIST THE REDEEMER STATUE, RIO.D.J, BRAZIL
WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDING
Burj Dubai
900 meters high. To be finally completed 2008