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SUPER STRUCTURES

THE EMPIRE STATE
T HE E MP I RE S T A T E
BUILDING IN NEW YORK
Utzon, won. He wanted it to look © MM Publications
• It is 381 m tall and there are 102
loors.
• Building inished in 1931. It took
only 1 year and 45 days to plan
and build. That’s fast!
• Lightning hits the building about
100 times per year.
• There are 73 lifts and you can building change colour for • There are 1,860 steps to climb
travel from the ground to the di erent celebrations. On Earth to the top. An Australian, Paul

80 loor in 45 seconds.
th
Day, they are green and blue. Crake, holds the record for the
• There are about 6,500 windows. • More than four million people fastest person to get to the top.
That’s a lot to clean!
visit it every year, and more than It took him 9 minutes and 33
• The lights at the top of the 21,000 people work there. seconds!

THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

• It is about 67 m tall and 120 m wide. • About eleven million tourists visit
it each year and it is open almost
• More than 200 people entered a all year round.
competition to design the opera
house and a Danish architect, Jørn • The largest theatre in the Opera
House has seats for more than
2,500 people.
like the sails of a ship.
• It is one of the most famous
• It took fourteen years to build performing arts venues in the world.
and Queen Elizabeth II opened You can see musicals, concerts, ilms,
it in 1973. exhibitions, opera and ballet.

THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE CULTURE FOCUS
How tall is it? 381m Serbia is a country with a lot of
amazing buildings. Studenica
How long did it Monastery in Kraljevo is the largest
take to build? monastery in the country, and the
When was the Church of St. Mark in Belgrade is
building inished? probably the best example of Serbian
architecture.
How many people What are some impressive buildings
visit it per year? where you live?

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