List of the world's largest domes
A dome is a self-supporting structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. This list excludes dome-shaped structures that are not self-supporting such as The O2 (formerly the Millennium Dome) in London which is 365 m (1,198 ft) in diameter and supported by masts.
This article tries to list every dome in the world which was the largest dome of its time. The defining criterion is in each case the inner diameter of the largest circular cross-section of the dome.
Below is a list of buildings that have held the title of the largest dome in the world.
Below is a list of buildings that have held the title of the largest dome on their continent.
In the first half of the 1980s a dome with a diameter of 234 metres was built near Istra, Russia. It collapsed on January 25, 1986 [1].
In 1990, the 129 m in diameter building named "Kupolen" (the Dome) was completed in Borlänge, Sweden. Originally an exposition hall with a few stores at ground level, today a mall in three levels. [2]
Known as the "Central Market" in English
Below is a list of buildings that have held the title of the largest dome in terms of their structure.
Below is a list of large domes which are considered particularly important for various reasons but have held never the title of the largest dome in the world.
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