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Advert Owned by Royal Caribbean, the world’s largest cruise ship  “Symphony Of The Seas”  will make your jaw drop in awe! Didn’t fascinate you? Here is a bit of a top view: Symphony of the seas debuted in March 2018. Weighing at whopping 228,081-tonnes and being 1,188 feet long and over 215 feet wide, the Symphony of the Seas has a lot to offer: The ship can hold up to 6,680 passengers and it took 3 years to build. Apart from the the ship's 22 restaurants, 42 bars and lounges, theaters, ice skating rinks and zip lines, customers can choose from 2,759 rooms. The costliest room is Ultimate Family Suite costing over $60,000! Passengers have access to 24 pools, whirlpools, surf simulators and gigantic water slides, the highest having a 92 foot drop! Hot tubs, sea spas, you name it, they have it for relaxation purposes. For adventure, they have an inbuilt amusement park, a zipline at the ninth deck, 43 foot tall rock climbing walls, ice skating rin

This is the “Valley of Peace”: It is located in Najaf, Iraq and is the largest known cemetery in the world. Despite Najaf having a population of ~600,000 people, the graveyard has between 10 and 15 million bodies. (Though some say it is much higher.) The cemetery is open to anyone to be buried. The Shia tradition doesn’t make distinctions between poor and rich in mourning and burial.  (Source: Fayyad, Qassem. "Wadi Al-Salam: A Cemetery to Cleanse Sins.) The location is haunting—and quiet. And has been growing rapidly since the start of the Iraq war. It is an important location because, under Shia belief, the land is literally considered a part of heaven--if you bury your dead there it will hasten their passage into the after life. Consequently, Shias from around the world send bodies to be buried here. Don't expect this graveyard to stop growing.

Advert It covers an area of 720000 square meters (961 meters long and 753 meters wide), a building area of about 150000 square meters, an area of 720000 square meters, and a total of 1 million migrant workers. It has been built for 14 years, with 9999.5 houses. It's 600 years since the Forbidden City was built this year. The world's largest "Palace Museum" not only tells the story of its 600 years, but also contains the history of China. Today's Forbidden City has long been covered with ice and snow. In the frozen world, it solidified the time and space of China. Ancient poem: there is a plum flower in the corner of the wall, which blossoms in the cold winter alone (墙角一枝梅，凌寒独自开) The Palace Museum is not only the largest and most complete wood structure palace complex in the world, but also has a large number of unique collections. According to the statistics of the Palace Museum, there are 1807558 collections (sets), of which 93

Advert Antilia(world’s biggest and most expensive house) With a net worth of roughly $49 billion, Mukesh Ambani was named the richest person in India in 2018. The oil and gas tycoon can also boast about owning the world’s largest and most expensive private residence. The net worth of Antilia is about 2 billion US dollars. Some facts :- The 400,000-square foot is 27 stories, high, but since some ceilings are double-height, it's closer to the size of a 50-story building(approx). Antilia contains a multi-story garage with space for 168 cars. It has not one, not two. But three helipads on the roof, in case you prefer to arrive by air. The lobby alone has nine elevators(it’s super-fast too). It is equipped with a 2-storey recreation center which boasts of a gym, a health spa, multiple swimming pools, separate yoga and dance studio among several other amenities. This blueprint shows the 2-story recreation center. (they have a separate room for doing yoga too, Serio

Advert This is the world’s largest restaurant. Most people don’t know about it as it’s in the most unexpected place; Damascus, Syria. It’s called Bawabet Dimashq which translates to Damascus gate. It served different types of cuisines including Indian, Chinese, Iranian, and, of course, Syrian and Middle Eastern cuisines. It had 6 themed sections and many decorative features such as waterfalls, fountains, replicas of famous archaeological ruins in Syria, and a big children’s playground It had the potential to serve 6014 guests all at once. It occupies 54000 square meters. The kitchen itself is 2500 square meters. During the peak times in the summer there would be around 1500 employees to serve the customers that could reach up to more than 4000 at once. The restaurant’s kitchen was said to resemble a mini production factory. The equipment and the preparations’ dynamics made it possible for each chef to serve up to 30 of the popular dishes such as hummus in one m

Advert Right now, Saudi Arabia’s all about making things big. Big like never before. Which is why they came up with the Abraj Kudai: Located in Makkah, the Abraj Kudai is a mammoth of a hotel. This massive $3.6 billion project offers an unprecedented level of luxury and brilliance and spans a massive 1.4 million square meters. Or, in other words, around 262 American-sized football fields. Now, what does exactly will you find within this mega hotel? 10,000 rooms 70 restaurants 4 helipads a bus station a whole shopping mall a ballroom the largest dome atop a hotel and a conference centre among other things The hotel has 45 stories, along with five floors dedicated entirely to the Saudi royal family. It was initially projected to open by 2017, but a financial hiccup postponed this to 2020. It has not been completely built yet, but once it is, it will carry the title of “the world’s largest hotel”, beating First World Hotel, Malaysia, which has 7,351