Revealed: The Most Expensive Landmarks In The World
St Peter's Basilica Is The Most Expensive Landmark In The World Most Expensive Landmarks To Build In The World Costing BILLIONS
From the Eiffel Tower to the Great Wall of China, landmarks across the world are huge tourist attractions. But have you ever wondered how much they cost to build? Merchant Cash Advance has taken a seed list of landmarks in the world and researched how much they cost to build, and the results are surprising!
Key points of interest:
- The most expensive landmark is St Peter’s Basilica in Italy, costing a whopping $7 billion to build
- The second most expensive is the Taj Mahal in India cost $1 billion to build
- The Great Wall of China took over 1800 years to build costing $95 million
- France’s Eiffel Tower cost $1.5 million to build and is 324m in height.
The full data can be found here.
The Most Expensive Landmarks To Build In The World:
Landmark | Location | Cost to build ($) |
St Peter’s Basilica | Vatican City, Italy | 7 billion |
Taj Mahal | Angra, India | 1 billion |
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 545 million |
Colosseum | Rome, Italy | 215 million |
Great Wall of China | Beijing, China | 95 million |
Basilica of the Sagrada Familia | Barcelona, Spain | 60 million |
Empire State Building | New York, USA | 41 million |
Angkor Wat | Siem Reap, Cambodia | 39 million |
Golden Gate Bridge | San Francisco, California | 35 million |
Sydney Harbour Bridge | Sydney, Australia | 4.2 million |
Eiffel Tower | Paris, France | 1.5 million |
Corcovado, Cristo Redentor/ Christ the Redeemer | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 250 thousand |
The most expensive landmark is St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, Italy. Costing $7 billion to build, the famous landmark is a church. The building is 137 meters tall with the interior of St. Peter’s filled with many masterpieces of Renaissance and Baroque art.
The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra. The landmark was built in 1631 by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife and cost a staggering $1 billion to complete.
The Great Wall of China is almost 3,000 years old and costs approximately $1 million to build. Taking over 1800 years to complete, The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection.
The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. Named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, the landmark cost $1.5 million to build and is 324m in height.