The growing popularity of crystal chandeliers has really taken its toll and its popularity has reached the entire 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:
Coming in at seventh place is the Rialto Square Theater in Joliet, Illinois.
The world’s smallest and largest chandelier, the Theater chandelier known as the ‘Duchess’ took two years for ‘her’ 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 on one person’s weekly salary. Now let me see you do the math on that.
Number 6 on the list can be found in The Jai Vilas Palace houses two chandeliers, each weighing 3.5 tons. To test if the roof would support his weight, ten elephants were used to step on the roof, just to make sure, now that’s what I call durability, don’t you think? The palace was designed by a British colonel during the colonial days in India and has survived till 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?
At Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, is the fifth-largest ranked crystal chandelier. 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 Queen Victoria of Great Britain to the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 19th century. The building is also home to the world’s largest collection of Baccarat and Bohemian chandeliers, and even the stairs are made of Baccarat crystal, imagine so much royalty in one home.
At Knokke Casino in Belgium, we where ranked No. 4 resides. Well Knokke is a spa 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. The Belgians are so fascinated with their chandeliers that they even have a word for ‘chandelier room’ which is Kroonluchterzaal, I can’t say no matter how hard I try. The chandelier is made of 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 entire 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, objets d’art, also weighs 6 tons. It is in an appropriate environment. Home to France’s traditional operas, the building is highly ornate, decorated with marble friezes, columns, and statues around its interior. Napoleon began its construction in 1858 and it stands 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 also be fascinated by its chandelier.
Rank #2 is in the Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara, Turkey. God has always been man’s greatest source of inspiration to create so many beautiful cathedrals and churches that have been designed and created for religious purposes and the chandelier in the Kocatepe Mosque 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 worshippers, and the building itself, along with the chandelier, is considered one of the great triumphs of Turkish architecture.
The undisputed number 1 position is occupied by the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Oman.
The largest chandelier known in the world, and weighs 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 chandelier size comparable to a five storey apartment block or tenement block. It contains stairs and platforms necessary for maintenance, and has 1,200 dimmable halogen lamps activated by more than 36 switching circuits. Well, let’s talk high maintenance there.