The 7 largest crystal chandeliers in the world
The growing popularity of crystal chandeliers has really taken its toll and its popularity has reached all over the world. Let me give you the 7 largest crystal chandeliers in the world. Do you want to know the prices of it? Well, even I can’t calculate, so without further ado, here it is:
Going to seventh place is the Rialto Square Theater in Joliet, Illinois.
The smallest and largest chandelier in the world, the Theater chandelier known as the ‘Duchess’ took ‘her’ two years to be born, costing one and a half million dollars before her birthday. That was a million and a half, in the 1920s, when today you could buy a house with one person’s weekly salary. Now let me see you do the math on that.
Number 6 on the list can be found at El Palacio Jai Vilas houses two chandeliers, each weighing 3.5 tons. To test if the roof would support their weight, ten elephants were used to step on the roof, to make sure, now that’s what I call durability, don’t you think? The palace was designed by a British colonel during colonial times in India and has survived until now. The gold paint used in the room in which the chandeliers are located is estimated to weigh 58 kg. Now how much would that be?
In the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, is the crystal chandelier classified as the fifth largest. A 4.5-ton chandelier resides in the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul. It contains 750 lamps and is made of Bohemian glass. It was a gift from Britain’s Queen Victoria to the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century. The building is also home to the largest collection of Baccarat and Bohemian chandeliers in the world, and even the stairs are made of Baccarat crystal—imagine so much royalty in one house.
At Knokke Casino in Belgium, us, where the number 4 spot resides. Well Knokke is a seaside resort near the Dutch border and is home to one of the ten casinos in Belgium, and also one of the seven largest chandeliers in the world. Belgians are so fascinated by their chandeliers that they even have a word for ‘chandelier room’ which is Kroonluchterzaal, I can’t tell no matter how hard I try. The chandelier is made from Venetian glass, 22,000 pieces to be exact, and includes 2,700 lamps that create light for the crystals to refract. It has a diameter of 8.5 m and a height of 6.5 m. The whole structure weighs 6 tones. Well, how about that?
Number 3 on our hit list is at the Palais Garnier Opera, France. The chandelier in the Palais Garnier in France, a country known for its fascination with beautiful things, objects of art, also weighs 6 tons. You are in an appropriate environment. The building, which houses France’s traditional opera houses, is highly ornate, decorated with marble friezes, columns, and statues around its interior. Napoleon began its construction in 1858 and it remains standing to this day. The huge chandelier is actually in the auditorium where the operas are performed. So when you see operas in the theater you will surely be fascinated by its chandelier too.
Rank #2 is in the Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara, Turkey. God has always been the source of man’s greatest inspiration to create so many beautiful cathedrals and churches that have been designed and created for religious purposes and the Kocatepe Mosque chandelier in Ankara, Turkey, upholds that tradition. It weighs 7.5 tons, is 5.5 m in diameter and has 32 side lights and 4 corner lights. The mosque is used by around 80,000 worshipers, and the building itself, along with the chandelier, is considered one of the great triumphs of Turkish architecture.
The undisputed number 1 position is held by the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Oman.
The largest chandelier known in the world, weighing 8.5 tons. The royal chandelier is made of Swarovski crystal, has gold-plated metal work, and hangs for a length of 14 meters. It has a diameter of 8m to go with this height, making the size of the candlestick comparable to a five-storey apartment block or block of flats. It contains ladders and platforms necessary for maintenance, and features 1,200 dimmable halogen lamps activated by more than 36 switching circuits. Well, let’s talk high maintenance there.