The most grandiose buildings in the world
From skyscrapers soaring into the sky to high-tech airports, people have managed to create truly impressive things. Throughout history and even today, people continue to display their power and wealth by promoting their societies and cultures by building astounding structures such as the Pyramid of Giza, Athenian Parthenon and the Eiffel Tower. These are the three most famous buildings in the world. Unfortunately, these aren't the biggest things humans have built (which is why you won't see them on this list). However, you will learn about the most imposing and impressively large man-made structures. So, before you are the 25 largest man-made structures in the world.
25. A bottle of wine
The tallest bottle of wine is 4.17 meters high and 1.21 meters in diameter. In this bottle fit 3094 liters of wine, which was poured into André Vogel (Andr? Vogel) (from Switzerland). The bottle was measured in Lyssach, Switzerland on October 20, 2014.
24. Motorcycle
The Regio Design XXL Chopper is officially the largest functioning motorcycle in the world! It was first introduced at the 2012 Motorbike Expo where it wowed the audience. This huge motorcycle, designed by Fabio Reggiani, is 10 meters long and 5 meters high. Based on this, it is safe to say that he won over all the other "big and scary" motorcycles.
23. Biscuit with sherry
According to the Guinness World Records, on September 26, 1990, students at Clarendon College prepared a sherry biscuit weighing 3.13 tons. Their creation remains to this day the largest sherry biscuit, as well as one of the largest desserts.
22. Train
The longest and heaviest freight train, traveled on February 20, 1986, from Ekibastuz to the Ural Mountains, Soviet Union. The train consisted of 439 cars and several diesel locomotives, the total weight of which was 43,400 tons. The total length of the train was 6.5 kilometers.
21. Telescope
The Arecibo Observatory is a radio telescope located in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico and has an impressive feature. The radio telescope of the observatory, with a diameter of 305 meters, is the largest single telescope in the world. It is used in three major research areas: radio astronomy, atmospheric science, and radar astronomy.
20. Swimming pool
The world's largest swimming pool contains approximately 249,837 cubic meters of water and can accommodate thousands of people at the same time. The Crystal Lagoon at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile is even big enough for a sailboat to swim in. It even has its own artificial beach.
19. Subway
The Seoul Subway serving the Seoul Subway is the longest subway system in the world. The total length of the route stretches for 940 kilometers. As of 2013. The first metro line opened in 1974, and currently the system consists of 17 lines.
18. Statue
The Spring Temple Buddha is the largest in the world. Its total height is 153 meters, including a 20-meter lotus-shaped throne and a building 25 meters high. Construction of the Spring Temple Buddha was planned shortly after the Bamiyan Buddhas were blown up by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The construction of the statue was fully completed in 2008. She represents the Vairocana Buddha.
17. Sports arena
Rungrado 1st of May Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its construction was completed on May 1, 1989. It is considered the largest stadium in the world and can accommodate 150,000 people on an area of 207,000 square meters.
16. Satellite
TerreStar-1, weighing 6910 kilograms, became the largest commercial satellite in the world in 2009. It launched into orbit from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana on July 1, 2009.
15. Revolver
The Remington Model 1859 replica made by Mr. Ryszard Tobys is officially the largest revolver in the world. Its record length was "only" 1.26 meters.
14. Book
The size of the largest book is 5 by 8.06 meters, and it weighs approximately one and a half tons. This book has 429 pages. It was presented on February 27, 2012 by Mshahed International Group, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is called "This is Muhammad" and contains stories highlighting the accomplishments of his life as well as his positive impact on Islam internationally and humanitarianly.
13. Pencil
The length of the longest and largest pencil is 323.51 meters. It was created by Ed Douglas Miller (from UK). It was measured in Worcester, Worcestershire, UK on September 17, 2013.
12. Parliament
The parliament building in Bucharest, Romania, was designed by architect Anca Petrescu and nearly completed during the Ceau?escu regime. It was to become the building of the political and administrative branches of power. Today it remains the largest civil building with an administrative function, as well as the most expensive and heaviest administrative building in the world.
11. Skyscraper
Burj Khalifa, known as the "Khalifa Tower" is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the tallest man-made structure and skyscraper in the world. Its height is 829.8 meters.
10. Wall
The Great Wall of China, perhaps the most famous of all man-made structures in the world, is the largest wall in the world. Its length is 21.196 kilometers.
9. Crossword
The world's largest crossword puzzle was built on the side of a residential building in Ukraine. Its height exceeds 30 meters. It occupies the entire outer part of the wall of a residential building in the city of Lviv.
8. Church
St. Peter's Basilica is a late Renaissance church located in the Vatican. It took 120 years to build (1506-1626). On this moment it is considered the largest church in the world.
7. Castle
The Guinness Book of World Records has listed Prague Castle, located in the Czech Republic, as the most extensive ancient castle in the world. It covers an area of almost 70,000 square meters and is 570 meters long and 130 meters wide.
6. Aquarium
The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is the largest aquarium in the world. It is home to over 100,000 sea creatures. This aquarium opened in November 2005. Its construction was sponsored by a $250 million donation from Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus. The Georgia Aquarium is the only non-Asian facility that houses whale sharks. The sharks are kept in a giant container with a capacity of 24 million liters of water, which is part of the Ocean Voyager exhibit.
5. Plane
The Antonov An-225 Mriya is an ultra-heavy-lift transport jet aircraft that was designed by the Antonov Experimental Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. It is powered by six turbojet bypass engines and is the longest and heaviest aircraft in the world. Its maximum load capacity is 640 tons. It also has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operation today. In the entire history, only one Antonov An-225 "Mriya" was built, which is still functioning.
4. Passenger ship
At the moment, the largest passenger ship is the Oasis of the Seas, which is owned by the company " Royal Caribbean". He made his first voyage, going on a cruise in December 2009. Its length is 360 meters and it can accommodate 5400 passengers.
3. Airport
King Fahd International Airport, located in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, is the largest airport in the world. Every year, 5,267,000 passengers and 82,256 tons of cargo pass through this airport, which are transported by 50,936 flights. The airport opened its doors in 1999. Its runway is 4,000 meters long and 60 meters wide. His total area equal to 1256.14 square kilometers.
2. Bomb
The largest bomb in history that was detonated is the Tsar Bomba. Its capacity was 50 megatons or 500,000 kilotons, equivalent to 50 million tons of dynamite. It was detonated only to show other countries how advanced the Soviet Union was. October 30, 1961 went down in history as the most powerful artificial explosion in the history of mankind.
1. Subject
The largest man-made objects in the world are submarine communication cables. They stretched from San Francisco to Japan and from San Francisco to New Zealand. The total length of the cables exceeds 8,000 kilometers. These submarine cables are typically 6.6 centimeters in diameter. The weight of such a cable is 10 kilograms per meter. The total weight of one cable exceeds 80,000 tons.
This article contains 20 engineering wonders of the world.
The Large Hadron Collider, abbreviated TANK(English) Large Hadron Collider, abbreviated LHC) is an accelerator of charged particles in colliding beams, designed to accelerate protons and heavy ions (lead ions) and study the products of their collisions. The collider was built in CERN e (European Council for Nuclear Research), located near Geneva, on the border of Switzerland and France. TANK is the largest experimental facility in the world. More than 10,000 scientists and engineers from more than 100 countries have participated and are participating in construction and research.
It is named large because of its size: the length of the main ring of the accelerator is 26,659 m; hadronic - due to the fact that it accelerates hadrons, that is, heavy particles consisting of quarks; collider (English collider - collider) - due to the fact that particle beams are accelerated in opposite directions and collide at special collision points.
Abbr. ISS(English) International Space Station, abbr. ISS) is a manned orbital station used as a multi-purpose space research complex. ISS is a joint international project involving 15 countries (in alphabetical order): Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, USA, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan.
Control ISS carried out: by the Russian segment - from the Space Flight Control Center in Korolev, by the American segment - from the Mission Control Center in Houston. There is a daily exchange of information between the Centers.
three gorges- the world's largest operating hydroelectric power plant, built in China on the Yangtze River, the third longest river in the world. Located near Sandouping City in Yichang City, Hubei Province. The world's largest power plant in terms of installed capacity. The gravity concrete dam of this reservoir is one of the largest in the world. When the reservoir was filled, 1.3 million people were resettled.
Petronas- 88-storey skyscraper. Height - 451.9 meters. Located in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. The Prime Minister of Malaysia participated in the design of the skyscraper Mahathir Mohamad , who proposed to build buildings in the "Islamic" style. Therefore, in terms of the complex, it consists of two eight-pointed stars, and the architect added semicircular ledges for stability.
6 years were allotted for construction (1992-1998). The towers were built by two different companies to create competition and increase productivity. In the course of geological surveys, it turned out that the proposed site for construction is located in one part on the edge of the rock, and the other on soft limestone. After building on this place such heavy towers, one of them would inevitably sink. As a result, the buildings were completely transferred to soft ground, shifted by 60 meters, and piles were driven to a depth of more than 100 meters. It is currently the largest concrete foundation in the world.
It differs not only in its colossal size, but also in the complexity of its design. The area of all premises of the building is 213,750 m2, which corresponds to the area of 48 football fields. The towers themselves occupy 40 hectares in the city. The Petronas Towers houses offices, exhibition and conference rooms, and an art gallery.
Space X-ray Observatory "Chandra"(space telescope "Chandra", English Chandra) is a space observatory launched NASA July 23, 1999 (via shuttle "Colombia") for space exploration in the X-ray range. Named after an American physicist and astrophysicist of Indian origin Chandrasekara , who taught at the University of Chicago from 1937 until his death in 1995 and was best known for his work on white dwarfs.
Chandra- the third observatory of the four launched NASA at the end of the 20th beginning of the 21st century. The telescope was first Hubble, second Compton and fourth Spitzer.
The observatory was conceived and proposed NASA in 1976 Riccardo Giacconi And Harvey Tananbaum as a development of the observatory being launched at that time HEAO-2(Einstein). In 1992, due to reduced funding, the design of the observatory was significantly changed - 4 out of 12 planned X-ray mirrors and 2 out of 6 planned focal instruments were removed.
Takeoff weight AXAF/Chandra was 22,753 kg, which is the absolute record for the mass ever launched into space by space shuttles. The bulk of the complex "Chandra" was the rocket that made it possible to put the satellite into orbit, the apogee of which is about a third of the distance to the moon.
The station was designed for a period of operation equal to 5 years, but on September 4, 2001 NASA it was decided to extend the service life by 10 years, thanks to the outstanding results of the work.
6. Palm Deira - an artificial island in Dubai
Palm Islands - archipelago artificial islands. Located in the United United Arab Emirates, in the emirate of Dubai. The archipelago consists of three major islands, each having the shape of a palm tree:
- Palm Jumeirah,
- Palm Jebel Ali,
- Palm Deira.
Between the islands there are also artificial archipelagos "Mir" and "Universe" of small islands.
The Siduhe Bridge is a suspension bridge across the Siduhe River Valley in Hubei Province, China. Max Height above ground level is 496 meters, making it the highest bridge in the world. The bridge is part of the G50 highway connecting Shanghai and Chongqing. The bridge has 4 working lanes for traffic and 2 reserve lanes.
Beijing National Stadium, also known as the "Bird's Nest" is a multifunctional sports complex created for summer Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing (China), located next to the swimming complex. This stadium, in addition to holding sports, hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games. The construction of the stadium began in December 2003 according to the project of the bureau Herzog and de Meuron . The opening of the stadium took place in March 2008.
The cost of building the stadium is estimated at 3.5 billion yuan, which is approximately 325 million euros.
9. Five-star hotel JW Marriott Marquis in Dubai
JW Marriott Marquis Dubai is a high-rise hotel complex in Dubai, UAE, currently, according to Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat , which is the tallest hotel in the world. It consists of two buildings 355 meters high.
Initially the company The Emirates Group planned to build only one 77-storey tower with a height of 350 meters. Construction was supposed to be completed in 2008. However, then the architecture of the building has undergone significant changes. A new design for the twin towers was approved in 2006. At first it was planned to build towers with a height of 395 meters, then changes were made to the project, and the planned height of the buildings decreased to 355 meters.
The opening of the hotel was timed to coincide with the visit of the delegation of the International Exhibition Bureau to Dubai: the UAE has applied to host the World Expo in 2020 in Dubai.
The cost of the project amounted to about 1.8 billion UAE dirhams (approximately $432 million).
The hotel complex includes 1608 rooms and 15 restaurants, as well as a business center, conference rooms, meeting rooms, a spa center and shopping mall. In addition, on the 7th floor of one of the buildings there is a 32-meter bowl-pool with related infrastructure.
Kingda Ka- attraction, the highest and second fastest roller coaster in the world. Located in the park "Six Flags", New Jersey, USA.
The trolley with the help of a hydraulic mechanism accelerates to 206 km / h in 3.5 seconds. The train rises to the top of the tower, reaching a height of 139 meters, and then rolls down under its own weight.
May Day Stadium- a stadium located in Pyongyang (DPRK). It is the largest stadium in the world in terms of capacity, designed for 150,000 spectators, built in 1989 to host the XIII Festival of Youth and Students. Design feature May Day Stadium are sixteen arches forming a ring, because of this, the stadium is shaped like a magnolia flower. The arena is used for home matches of the DPRK national team, but its main purpose is the massive Arirang festival.
12. Akashi Kaikyo - the longest suspension bridge
Akashi-Kaikyo is a suspension bridge in Japan that crosses the Akashi Strait and connects the city of Kobe on the island of Honshu with the city of Awaji on the island of Awaji. It is part of one of the three highways connecting Honshu and Shikoku.
The bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world: its total length is 3911 m, the central span is 1991 m long, and the side spans are 960 m each. The height of the pylons is 298 m.
The length of the main span was originally planned to be 1990 m, but it increased by one meter after the Kobe earthquake on January 17, 1995.
The structure of the bridge has a system of double-hinged stiffening beams, which makes it possible to withstand wind speeds up to 80 m/s, earthquakes with a magnitude of up to 8.5 and withstand strong sea currents. To reduce the loads acting on the bridge, there is also a system of pendulums operating at the resonant frequency of the bridge structure.
13. Mid - the largest reservoir in the US
Mid (eng. Lake Mead) is the largest reservoir in the United States. It is located on the Colorado River 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, on the border between Nevada and Arizona. Formed during the construction of the Hoover Dam, it extends 110 miles (180 km) beyond the dam. The total volume of water is 35 km3. The water stored in the reservoir is transported by aqueducts to settlements in southern California and Nevada.
14. Project Genesis - the world's largest cruise ship
Company Luxury Vessel Royal Caribbean entitled "Project Genesis" is the biggest cruise ship, which the world has ever known, and is worth 1.24 billion dollars.
The liner is 1180 feet long (16 decks) and is capable of accommodating 5400 passengers in 2700 cabins. On the finished ship are placed Central Park(just like one of the parks in New York), luxury hotels, restaurants "150 Central Park", "Central Park Cafe", "Giovanni's Table", bars "Canopy Bar", "Rising Tide", Vintages wine store, public places, lots for picnics. In the Central Park, similar to the city center, guests will be provided with balcony rooms - great places for social gatherings throughout the day and night. The liner also has six other sections.
Bridge across the Hangzhou Bay, or the Great Transoceanic Bridge across the Hangzhou Bay - cable-stayed bridge in Hangzhou Bay off the east coast of China. Connects the cities of Shanghai and Ningbo (Zhejiang Province) and is the longest transoceanic bridge in the world.
Opened to traffic on May 1, 2008, although it was assumed that the bridge would not be completed until Expo 2010. Construction of the bridge began on June 8, 2003 and continued until 2007, after which closed testing of the bridge was carried out for several months.
The length of the bridge is about 36 km, traffic is carried out in three lanes in each direction. This is the third longest bridge across water spaces. Estimated speed on the bridge is 100 km/h, service life is more than 100 years. The total cost of investment in construction was 11.8 billion yuan (about 1.4 billion US dollars in December 2004). 35% of the investments were made by private enterprises in Ningbo, who are highly interested in quick access to financial center and the country's largest port in Shanghai. Another 59% are loans provided by China's central and regional banks.
Eurotunnel, tunnel under the English Channel (French tunnel sous la Manche, English Channel Tunnel, also sometimes just Euro Tunnel) is a double-track railway tunnel, about 51 km long, of which 39 km is under the English Channel. Connects continental Europe with the UK by rail. Thanks to the tunnel, it became possible to visit London from Paris in just 2 hours and 15 minutes; in the tunnel itself, the trains are from 20 to 35 minutes. It was solemnly opened on May 6, 1994.
The Singapore Flyer is a giant Ferris wheel located in Singapore built between 2005-2008. It reaches the height of a 55-story building, with a total height of 165 m (541 ft), making it the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, 5 m (16 ft) taller than the Nanchang Star and 30 m (98 ft). ) is taller than the London Eye.
Each of the 28 air-conditioned capsules can accommodate 28 passengers. A full rotation of the wheel takes about 30 minutes. The wheel originally rotated in a counter-clockwise direction as viewed from the Maritime Center, but its direction of rotation was changed on August 4, 2008 on the advice of feng shui experts.
Pan-STARRS(English) Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System- a system of telescopes for panoramic viewing and quick response) - implemented automatic system of 4 telescopes, which will see objects a hundred times less bright (up to 24th magnitude) than those available to today's automatic surveys. This will make it possible to detect 99% of asteroids crossing the Earth's orbit with a diameter of more than 300 m.
Telescope system Pan-STARRS will be located on top of the Mauna Kea volcano on the island of Hawaii. She will have access to 3/4 of the entire sky, or 30,000 square degrees. The entire available area of the sky will be scanned three times a month. A single frame will have a shutter speed of 30 seconds. The same region of the sky will be repeatedly taken at intervals of several tens of minutes. After each scan, several terabytes of data will be obtained for analysis: from the variety of astronomical objects, those that move or change their brightness will be selected.
telescopes Pan-STARRS will have a large viewing angle (large field of view) - 7 square degrees (a square with a side of 2.6 °), which will allow you to cover the sky with a relatively small number of images.
The project includes four telescopes with mirrors 1.8 m in diameter each and 1.4 gigapixel CCD cameras.
This program is the University of Hawaii's most important telescopic project in the past 30 years.
19. Tianhe-2 (MilkyWay-2) - the most powerful computer in the world
Tianhe-2(literally: "Milky Way-2") is a supercomputer designed Defense Science and Technology University Chinese People's Liberation Army People's Republic and company Inspur .
While the supercomputer is in Defense Science and Technology University PLA, but later it will be installed in National supercomputer center in Guangzhou. At first it was planned to finish the project in 2015, but it was launched ahead of schedule. Expected that Tianhe-2 will be finalized by the end of 2013.
Tianhe-2 consists of 16 thousand nodes, each of which includes 2 processors Intel Xeon E5-2692 on architecture Ivy Bridge with 12 cores each (frequency 2.2 GHz) and 3 dedicated coprocessors Intel Xeon Phi 31S1P(on architecture Intel MIC, 57 cores per accelerator, frequency 1.1 GHz, passive cooling). Each node has 64 GB DDR3 ECC memory (16 modules) and an additional 8 GB GDDR5 each Xeon Phi(total 88 GB). In total, the total number of computing cores reaches 3.12 million (384 thousand Ivy Bridge and 2736 thousand Xeon Phi), which is the largest public installation of such processors.
20. Alfonso del Mar - the largest artificial reservoir in the world
Private hotel swimming pool San Alfonso del Mar in Chile is 1 km long and covers an area of 8 hectares. The maximum depth is 35 m. It contains 250,000,000 liters of water, which is filtered and pumped from the Pacific Ocean.
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The Greatest Man-Made Structures to See
© gettyimages.comSometimes tourists want something grandiose, majestic and unusual so much that they are ready to go around the whole world in search of the most amazing sights. We offer you to get acquainted with the list of the largest structures in the world. Perhaps you have already seen something, and some building you are just going to see.
- Great Wall of China (China)
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This building, with a total length of 6350 km, was erected at the turn of the 15th-16th centuries. Perhaps the Great Wall of China is the most grandiose sight of all that has ever been created by human hands. And what only people are not able to create for the sake of self-preservation.
- Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
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A very beautiful mosque-mausoleum, built in the middle of the 17th century on the banks of the Jamna River by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in honor of his wife. This largest building of its kind is called the Indian pearl. And not in vain, because up to 5 million tourists visit the Taj Mahal a year. Here it is, a symbol of true and eternal love!
- Machu Picchu (Peru)
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Although a lot has been written about the lost city of the Incas, and tourists are increasingly coming to see the stronghold of one of ancient civilizations, a complex of unique structures is still full of mysteries and secrets. And who knows if Machu Picchu will ever reveal all its secrets. Maybe ask the Temple of the Sun about it?
- Angkor Wat (Cambodia)
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This huge temple complex was built in the XII century in honor of the god Vishnu. Angkor Wat, the greatest place of worship, is considered one of the most important archaeological sites in the world.
- Stonehenge (Wiltshire, England)
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To this day, scientists around the world are arguing about the purpose of this structure. Someone believed that the "stone fence" many millennia ago was the sanctuary of the Druids. Others have linked Stonehenge to astronomy. Of course, the structure is very similar to an astronomical observatory, but scientific evidence this is not.
- Pyramids (Giza, Egypt)
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The one-of-a-kind complex of tombs of the pharaohs is not in vain one of the seven wonders of the world. It is even difficult to imagine how all this was built in the 2nd millennium BC. e. And the interest of tourists in this the greatest building of all time will not fade away, probably never.
- Eiffel Tower (Paris, France)
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Everyone knows this building. Even those who have never been to France. After all, the Eiffel Tower has long been a kind of symbol of the country. By the way, this unusual building is the most visited attraction in the world. Since its construction - 1889 - the tower has been visited by about 250 million people.
- Big Ben (London, UK)
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If you think that Big Ben is the name of the clock tower in the UK, then you are not quite right. In fact, Big Ben is the largest bell in the clockwork. But traditionally Big Ben is called both the clock and the tower itself.
- Chrysler Corporation Building (New York, USA)
Yes, the Chrysler corporation is known not only for its cars, but also for its original skyscraper, which has become one of the symbols of New York. This building, 319 m high, was built in 1930, and for some time now it no longer belongs to the automobile corporation.
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial South Dakota, USA)
Mount Rushmore National Memorial (South Dakota, USA) © gettyimages.com
You may have seen Mount Rushmore in many movies and TV shows. Huge images of four US presidents are carved on a huge array of granite rock: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. The total height of the bas-relief is 18.6 m.
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Great architectural buildings have successfully stood the test of time, despite destructive warriors and natural disasters, often hide many secrets and secrets.
The construction of many of them is overgrown legends and myths that remain in history and through the centuries reach us. We invite you to dispel various myths about the most famous great buildings of mankind with us.
Blind architects of St. Basil's Cathedral?
Located on Red Square in Moscow, the world-famous St. Basil's Cathedral, also known as Cathedral of the Intercession Holy Mother of God , strikes with its beauty even contemporaries. The temple with brightly decorated domes resembles a fairy-tale palace.
Cathedral included in the list of monuments world heritage UNESCO, He was built in 1555-1561 by order of Ivan the Terrible. According to legend, the king ordered the architects to be blinded after the work was completed so that they could never build something more beautiful than this cathedral.
However, this is all just a legend. There is written evidence that 25 years after the construction of the cathedral and 4 years after the death of Ivan the Terrible, the same architects were hired to expand the cathedral. If they were blind, they certainly would not have been able to make a revision.
Where does the Queen of England live?
Queen Elizabeth II of England lives in Buckingham Palace, which can be read in any English textbook or English modern history. Her Royal Highness acknowledges that considers another place as official place of residence, namely St. James's Palace on Pall Mall in London, where the royal family lived for 400 years.
Buckingham Palace
This old palace was built between 1531 and 1536 and was official seat of the British Monarchy until 1837 until Queen Victoria built the more modern Buckingham Palace.
St. James's Palace
Moreover, the third official residence of queens, at least in summer, is Windsor castle, beautiful castle in the city of Windsor.
Windsor castle
New York skyscraper and coin
There is a myth that if you throw a coin from the last floor skyscraper Empire State Building then she might kill someone downstairs. That is, the skyscraper is so huge that a coin, having flown all its floors, will reach such a speed that, having landed on the head of a passerby, can instantly take his life.
Fortunately for New Yorkers and visitors who decide to take a walk next to the skyscraper, there is no danger of being killed by a coin. The flat surface of a flying coin will meet air resistance. If environment was a vacuum, the coin would reach its terminal speed. But even with such incredible speed, it is only would cause a little pain but couldn't kill.
What is Big Ben?
The world famous clock tower Palace of Westminster often referred to as Big Ben, although in reality Big Ben is a bell, not a tower. Until September 2012, it was just Clock tower, but today it bears the official name Elizabeth Tower in honor of the 60th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
In reality, Big Ben is a bell
Big Ben is the largest of the 6 bells in the palace. Its weight is 13.7 tons, and according to one of the versions, it received its name in honor of Benjamin Hall who worked on its casting.
Sunset over the Thames. View of the Palace of Westminster and Elizabeth Tower
When did the White House become white?
Legend has it that after construction in the period between 1792 and 1800 The White House was gray, and it became white a little later. In 1814 when the Anglo-American war, which has remained in history as War of 1812, was still in full swing, the British troops did something that was not at all in their spirit - set fire to the White House. After the war, the building was restored and repainted white, hence the name.
Part of this story is true: the British did set the White House on fire in 1814. However, part of the house was really white even before the fire. He became white 1798 when it was painted white to protect it from the winter weather. Name "The White house" the building received in 1811, three years before the fire.
The official residence of the President of the United States The White House today, Washington, DC
Why is there nothing higher than the Capitol?
It may seem strange that there are no skyscrapers in the US capital Washington DC. In almost all capitals of the world today you can find very high buildings, some hundreds of stories high. It is believed that local laws prohibit the construction of skyscrapers because neither one building must not be taller than the Capitol- the building of the US Congress, since nothing in this city should be above politics.
Capital of the United States, Washington, D.C.
Actually this is not true. The reason why Washington doesn't have skyscrapers is something else. According to Building Heights Act of 1910, all city buildings should be no more than 6 meters above than the width of the streets. The founders of the city believed that the capital should be "low and comfortable".
Capitol - US Congress Building, Washington DC
Are Galileo's Experiments a Fiction?
Galileo Galilei- a famous Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher, who conducted dozens of experiments for the purposes of science. One of his most famous experiments, when he threw leaning tower of pisa two cannonballs to demonstrate that two bodies of different masses but the same shape will reach the earth with the same speed.
However, historians doubt that Galileo ever made such experiments, since in none of his writings did he leave descriptions of these experiments.
Who built Stonehenge?
Many believe that stonehenge – one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world, was built by the Druids - poets and priests of the ancient Celts. The connection between the druids and Stonehenge was found by an archaeologist John Aubrey as early as 1640, and up until the 19th century, this theory prevailed.
However, modern archaeological methods prove that Stonehenge could have been built by anyone but the druids. The design of this structure was not built immediately, construction stretched for many centuries.
Construction of Stonehenge has begun at the end of the 2nd - beginning of the 3rd millennium BC and then other phases of construction followed. It began to be built by representatives of the local cultures of the Neolithic era, who lived in the British Isles at that time and were somewhat isolated from the rest of Europe.
Where are the victims of the Gever dam?
Gever Dam in the USA on the Colorado River is one of the largest dams in the world. Its construction, which took more than 5 years between 1931 and 1936, required a titanic effort, resulting in the death of 96 people. According to legend, many workers were buried in the concrete of the dam, and their remains are still buried there.
The fact that the dam had 96 victims is true, but that one of them was buried in concrete is a pure fiction. The dam was built of thousands of tightly fitting slabs, each of which was cast independently of the other and brought into place.
Another interesting fact connected to the Gever Dam. The first person to die in preparation for the construction of the dam J. G. Tierney, and the last victim of the dam was his son Patrick W. Tierney, who died on the same day as his father, but 13 years later.
Is the Great Wall of China visible from space?
The great Wall of China represents the largest building project in history. Moreover, this is the longest wall in the world, and some are convinced that it can even be seen from space. This myth has become so popular that appeared even in Chinese school textbooks.
However, the wall cannot be seen from space at all, contrary to popular belief. This was proven in 2003 Yang Liwei, one of the Chinese astronauts, a man who knew exactly where to look and where to look for the wall.
Former NASA astronaut Geoffrey Hoffman also said that although he could not see from space Chinese Wall, saw major highways, desert roads and irrigation canals as they simply different in color from the environment.
In connection with the rapid growth of the world's population, the need for a more developed and large-scale infrastructure naturally increases. Leading engineers of the world annually implement projects that amaze with their grandiosity and scope.
This review presents 5 large-scale buildings that can be called an engineering miracle.
1. Most long bridge in the world
Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge is the longest bridge in the world. 
Danyang-Kunshansky viaduct - mots, the length of which is 164.8 km.
The construction of the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, which connected Beijing and Shanghai, can be called a real engineering feat. The bridge is 164.8 kilometers long, making it the longest such project in the world. The construction of the bridge lasted 4 years (the opening took place in 2011). For maximum optimization of the work process, 10,000 builders were produced simultaneously from opposite points. The project cost was $10 billion.
2. Archipelago of artificial islands
Palm Islands - man-made islands made in the shape of a palm tree. 
Bulk palm islands In Dubai.
Palm Islands in Dubai are recognized as a real engineering and architectural marvel. Behind last years 3 islands were created - (Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira). For their construction, 85,000,000 cubic meters of sand were poured onto the seabed. This archipelago is visible from the moon even to the naked eye.
3. The largest hydroelectric power station in the world
Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydroelectric power station in the world. 
"Three Gorges" - the largest hydroelectric power station in the world, built in China.
HPP "Three Gorges" (Three Gorges Dam) is the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world. The dam is 2309 meters long and 185 meters high. During its construction, 27.2 million cubic meters of concrete were used, which would be enough to fill 10,200 Olympic pools. The energy produced by this hydroelectric power plant covers the needs of 11% of the entire country. The Chinese authorities had to pay $50 billion for the construction of Three Gorges Dam.
4. Most long airport in the world
Kansai Airport is the longest airport in the world. 
Kansai Airport is built right in the bay.
Off the coast Japanese city Osaka, right in the bay built a huge international Airport Kansai Airport. To implement this project, it was necessary to build a man-made island, reinforced with numerous metal structures. The airport was built in the bay, taking into account the sudden threat of flooding, the occurrence of typhoons and the high seismicity of the area. Kansai Airport cost $29 billion.
5. Venice flood barrier
Venice Tide Barrier Project is a project that protects Venice from floods. 
Flood water barrier.
It's no secret that Venice is slowly but surely sinking into the water. And periodic floods only "help" her in this. To protect the architectural and cultural pearl of Italy from destruction, a barrier (Venice Tide Barrier) was built. Engineers have developed a unique method of using mobile gates to keep flood waters out of the bay.
