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Discover the top most expensive buildings in the world

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The most impressive buildings worldwide were included in a ranking of the most expensive buildings, with the first place being occupied by a religious edifice.

The largest mosque in the world, The Holy Mosque in Mecca, Masjid Al-Haram occupies the first position in the top of the most expensive buildings in the world with $ 100 billion dollars invested in its ongoing construction. The pilgrimage site located in the heart of Saudi Arabia covers the surface of 356.800 square meters. By 2020, when the new design would be finished, the Mosque will be not only the most expensive church in the world, but also the most expensive building worldwide. By comparison, the construction costs of the hotel Burj Al Arab, the only seven-star awarded hotel in the world, were of $ 1.5 billion.

Probably many other buildings could be included in this ranking, such as the Romanian Palace of the Parliament (the second largest administrative building in the world) but its construction costs are unknown, the property being evaluated in a few years to 3 billion. The ranking also includes casinos along with luxury hotel complexes in the US, Middle East and Southeast Asia.


The second place of the top is occupied by the Abraj Al- Bait Towers in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which construction’s const were estimated to be about 14.5 billion dollars. On the third position there is the 6.5 billion hotel World Sentosa in Singapore. World Sentosa complex consists of six hotels, two casinos, a theme park, a water park and an impressive aquarium.

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