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Going at the 7th place is the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet,
Illinois.
The
smallest-biggest chandelier in the world, the chandelier in the
Theatre is known as the 'Duchess' took two years for 'her' to be
born, and cost one and a half million dollars before her
birthday. That was one and a half million, back in the 1920s,
when you could buy a house for a person's weekly wage nowadays.
Now let me see you do the math on that one.
#6
on the list can be found at The Jai Vilas Palace houses two
chandeliers, each one weighing 3.5 tons. To test whether the
roof would take their weight, ten elephants were used to stamp
on the roof, to make sure, now that is what I call durability,
don't you think? The palace was designed by a British colonel
during colonial times in India, and has survived until now. The
gold paint used in the room the chandeliers are in, is estimated
to weigh 58 kg. Now how much would that be?
At
Dolmabahce palace in Istanbul, Turkey The #5 ranked largest
Crystal Chandelier is found. A 4.5 ton chandelier resides at the
Dolmabahce palace in Istanbul. It contains 750 lamps, and is
made of Bohemian crystal. It was a gift from Queen Victoria of
Britain, to the Ottoman Empire in the late 1800s. The building
also houses the largest collection of Bohemian and Baccarat
chandeliers in the world, with even the staircases being made of
Baccarat crystal, imagine that much royalty in one home.
In
Knokke Casino in Belgium us where the #4 ranked resides. Well
Knokke is a seaside resort close to the Dutch border, and is
home to one of Belgium's ten casinos, and also one of the
world's seven biggest chandeliers. The Belgians are so
fascinated by their chandeliers that they even have a word for
'chandelier room' which is Kroonluchterzaal, I can't say it, no
matter how hard I try. The chandelier is made of Venetian
crystal, 22,000 pieces of it to be exact, and includes 2,700
lamps creating light for the crystals to refract. It has a
diameter of 8.5m and a height of 6.5m. The entire structure
weighs 6 tons. Well how about that.
#3
on our hit list is at the Palais Garnier Opera, France. The
chandelier in the Palais Garnier in France, a country known for
its fascination with things beautiful, objets d'art, also weighs
6 tons. It is in a fitting setting. The building, which is home
to France's traditional operas, is very ornate, decorated with
marble friezes, columns, and statues around its interior.
Napoleon began its construction in 1858, and it stands even
today. The huge chandelier is actually in the auditorium where
the operas are played out. So when you watch operas in the
theater for sure you'll be fascinated with its chandelier as
well.
The
#2 rank is at the Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara, Turkey. God has
always been the source of man's greatest inspiration to create
so many beautiful cathedrals and churches have been designed and
created for religious purposes and the chandelier at the
Kocatepe Mosque, in Ankara, Turkey, holds to that tradition. It
weighs 7.5 tons, is 5.5m in diameter, and has 32 sidelights and
4 corner lights. The mosque is used by around 80,000
worshippers, and the building itself, along with the chandelier,
is considered one of the great triumphs of Turkish architecture.
The
undisputed #1 rank goes to Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Oman.
The
largest chandelier known in the world, and weighs 8.5 tons. The
actual chandelier is made of Swarovski crystal, has gold-plated
metalwork, and hangs down for a length of 14 metres. It has a
diameter of 8m to go with this height, making the size of the
chandelier comparable to a five-storey apartment block or block
of flats. It contains staircases and platforms necessary for
maintenance, and has 1,200 dimmable halogen lamps triggered by
more than 36 switching circuits. Well talk about high
maintenance there.
By
Jron C. Magcale
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