The Sydney Opera House, due to its unusual shape, is universally recognized as one of the outstanding architectural structures on earth. This, without a doubt one of the most famous and easily recognizable buildings of Sydney, was discovered by the English Queen Elizabeth II in 1973 on October 20. Located in a picturesque location, the Opera House is still a symbol of Sydney, and therefore the whole of Australia.
The theater is located in a picturesque location in Sydney Harbor, at Bennelong Point. Such a place is not at all traditional for musical theaters. Moreover, it was known that earlier this place had the most ordinary tram depot that existed before 1958. A very unusual form of the opera theater is a sail-like hull, which forms the roof of the theater. This makes the building of the Sydney Opera House inimitable, and unlike any other architectural structure on our planet.
The coating of the shell is made of 1 million tiles of white and matte cream color. And became the hallmark of the city of Sydney. Together with other attractions such as the famous Australian beaches, the famous Harbor Bridge. And according to the existing opinion of experts, the current architectural construction of the theater will be difficult for anyone to surpass.
Not only well-known photographers, but also connoisseurs of everything beautiful and amazing, believe that the most unique view of the Australian Opera House opens from yachts, which so often sail in this particular place of the harbor.
The interior of the opera house, whose style is called the “Gothic space age”, and therefore deserves much more attention than the exterior facade of the building. The stage curtain was made in France and today it is considered practically the largest on the planet Earth. Because the total area of one half of the curtain is approximately 93 square meters. In addition, there are other records of the theater. The next generally recognized achievement is the enormous mechanical organ of the concert hall, which has about 10,500 pipes (also, check Interesting facts about Marseille).
The theater building is listed by UNESCO on the list of world heritage.
