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The World’s Largest Structures
Published by samuel augustin in Offbeat
July 15, 2009
This is a guide which will show you some of the largest things in the world.
Largest airport
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The largest airport in the world is King Khalid International airport in Riyadh.
The photo (above) shows the King Khalid airport mosque. It is located 35 kilometers north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Largest train station
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The largest train station in the world is the grand central terminal in New York.
The photo above shows the picture of the grand central terminal in the year 1918.
Over 500 trains use this station on daily basis.
This station is located in New York City, USA
Largest soccer stadium
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The world’s largest soccer stadium by spectator capacity is maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
This is the photo of this great stadium. This stadium has the highest seating capacity in the world which is approximately 88,992.
It is situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Largest amusement park
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The largest of all the amusement parks in the world is the Disneyworld, Situated in Orlando, Florida, USA.
This famous theme park opened on October 1, 1971. It is the largest theme park in the world and as well as the most visited theme park in the world.
St. Peter’s Basilica is the largest church in the world and it is situated in Vatican City.
Largest church in the world
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St.Peter’s Basilica is the largest church in the world and it is situated in Vatican City.
It has got the highest seating capacity of around 60,000.
It is a very old church and was completed on 18 November, 1626.
The area which is covered by this church is over 2.3 hectares.
Largest mosque in the world
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The world’s largest mosque is Masjid al-Haram. It is situated in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
It covers an area of 400,800 square metres. IT can accommodate over 820,000 worshippers.
It surrounds the holy Kaaba.
The mosque is also known as the “Grand mosque”.
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Quite interesting, useful and informative.Thanks for sharing.