The Sydney Opera
House
The Opera House is the most famous landmark of
Sydney.
Sydney is in Australia.
It was completed in 1973
after 14 years of construction.
The Opera House is
surrounded by water on three sides.
It was originally
designed by the...
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The Sydney Opera
House
The Opera House is the most famous landmark of
Sydney.
Sydney is in Australia.
It was completed in 1973
after 14 years of construction.
The Opera House is
surrounded by water on three sides.
It was originally
designed by the Danish Architect Joern Utzon and is meant
to look like a giant sailing ship.
It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on October 1973.
It is 185m long and 120m wide.
It also has more than two thousand glass panes and it
uses 645km of electric cable.
It cost $ AU 102,000,000 to
build.
The entire building weighs 161.
000 tons.
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