Sydney Opera house can without exaggeration be called one of the most recognisable buildings in the world who has not seen these shot up into the sky or sail, or orange slices, rising directly from the waters of Sydney harbour? Opened in 1973, the Queen Elizabeth II, today, this musical theatre is a true symbol of Australia. Interestingly, once this location on Bennelong point was the Fort, and then the tram depot until in 1958 it was decided not to build the theatre. The Creator of one of the most outstanding buildings of modern architecture was the Dane Jorn Utzon received the highest award in the world of architecture – the Pritzker Prize.

Initially it was assumed that the construction will take about 4 years and will cost the Australian government a 7 million Australian dollars. However, due to the interior decoration, it was delayed for 14 years! Respectively, and increased the estimate of construction – to 102 million Australian dollars.

The building of the Sydney Opera house covers an area of 2, 2. maximum height of 185 meters long and 120 meters. The famous roof of the theatre consists of 2194 sections and weighs 27 tons! All this with a kind of air design keep steel cables with a total length of 350 km from the Top "shell" of the roof is covered with millions of white tiles and matte-cream colors with different lighting to create different colors.

Inside the building there are 4 scenes. The main Concert hall Seating 2500 people at a time, and the Opera hall for 1,500 people. The other two halls are used for theatrical drama productions. In addition, the building has a cinema and two restaurants.

For almost 40 years the Sydney Opera house it was visited by over 40 million people, which is several times greater than the entire population of Australia. In 2007 he was listed as a world Heritage site by UNESCO.