Recording humanity Understanding the world / GLOBAL RECORDS DATABASE
Timeline events
2018
- World's Tallest Statue
2018-10-31
Statue of Unity · 182 m metres · Kevadia, Gujarat, India (Narmada river island)
ArchitectureCurrent
Time not specified
- Largest Existing Imperial Palace-Garden and Temple Complex in China
Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde · 611.2 ha · Chengde, Hebei, China
ArchitectureCurrent
- Largest Ziggurat Outside Mesopotamia
Tchogha Zanbil ziggurat · 105.2 m per side m · Tchogha Zanbil, Khuzestan, Iran
ArchitectureCurrent
- World's First Planned University City
University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares · early 16th century · Alcalá de Henares
ArchitectureCurrent
- World's Largest Extant Wooden Palace Complex
Forbidden City · 1.12 million square metres · Beijing
ArchitectureCurrent
- World's Tallest All-Steel Structure Tower
Zhongyuan Tower · 388 m · Zhongyuan Tower, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
ArchitectureCurrent
- Some of the World's Oldest Surviving Wooden Buildings
Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area · late 7th to early 8th century · Horyu-ji area, Nara Prefecture, Japan
ArchitectureCurrent
- World's tallest concrete arch dam
Jinping I Dam · 305 m · Jinping I Hydropower Station, Yalong River, Liangshan, Sichuan, China
ArchitectureCurrent
- World's Largest Unreinforced Concrete Dome by Diameter
Pantheon, Rome · 43.30 m · Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, Rome, Italy
ArchitectureCurrent
- Tallest Masonry Tower in India
Qutb Minar · 72.5 m · Qutb complex, Mehrauli, Delhi, India
ArchitectureCurrent
- Largest Pyramid by Volume
Great Pyramid of Cholula · about 4.45 million m³ · Cholula, Puebla, Mexico
ArchitectureCurrent
- Largest Mosque Complex by Covered Site Area
Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) · over 1.8 million m² · Masjid al-Haram, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
ArchitectureCurrent
- Oldest Surviving Theatre Site
Theatre of Dionysus · 6th (BCE) century · South slope of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece
ArchitectureCurrent
- World's Tallest Interior Atrium
Burj Al Arab atrium · 180 m · Dubai, UAE
ArchitectureCurrent
- Highest Recorded Inhabited Building by Altitude
Basisi border fort · about 6,000 m · Basisi border fort near Mana Pass, India
ArchitectureCurrent