“Sydney Opera House is famous for its architecture and for being one of the most significant concert-hosting buildings in the world. Queen Elizabeth II formally opened the building as a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. The centre has since become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th-century architecture. The Sydney Opera House consists of three groups of interlocking vaulted ‘shells’ that cover two main performance halls and a restaurant. The structures are set upon a vast platform and are surrounded by terrace areas that function as pedestrian concourses. Sydney Opera House building includes multiple performance venues, which together host well over 1,500 performances annually, attended by more than 1.2 million people.”
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