Sydney Opera House in Australia
- The Sydney Opera House was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on October 20th, 1973. She has since visited four times, most recently in 2006.
- 233 designs were submitted for the Opera House international design competition held in 1956. Jorn Utzon from Denmark was announced the winner, receiving $5000 for his design.
- Sydney Opera House was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2007. There are more than 1 million roof tiles covering approximately 1.62 hectares sitting over the structure that was built in Sweden.
- Construction was expected to take four years. It took 14 years. Work commenced in 1959 and involved 10,000 construction workers.