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It's about one-and-one-tenth times as big as The Great Banyan Tree
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The size of The Great Banyan Tree is about 4.20 arpents.
(a.k.a. The Great Banyan, a.k.a. Ficus benghalensis) (Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, West Bengal, India)
The Great Banyan Tree is a single tree in the Indian Botanic Garden in West Bengal with aerial roots covering a total area of about 4.20 arpents. While its exact age is unknown, the tree has been noted in guidebooks for over 200 years.
It's about nine-tenths as big as The Biltmore Estate
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The size of The Biltmore Estate is about 4.760 arpents.
(Asheville, North Carolina) (house only)
The main house of Biltmore Estate covers 4.760 arpents and contains 250 rooms. The fifty-six auxiliary buildings of the estate are interconnected through the nearly 71 km of roads on the Biltmore grounds.
It's about one-and-three-tenths times as big as Trafalgar Square
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The size of Trafalgar Square is about 3.50 arpents.
(a.k.a. Charing Cross) (City of Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom)
Trafalgar Square, a public square in London, measures about 3.50 arpents. m in total area. At the center of the Square is the 52 m Nelson's Column monument, built in the 1840s.
It's about one-and-nine-tenths times as big as The Palace of Holyroodhouse
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The size of The Palace of Holyroodhouse is about 2.40 arpents.
(a.k.a. Holyrood Palace) (Royal Mile, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) (Palace without gardens)
The Palace of Holyroodhouse, the residence of the British Monarch in Scotland, measures about 2.40 arpents, on a total grounds area of about 12 arpents. Each year, the Palace hosts a Garden Party, serving 8,000 guests from a 150-meter-long buffet table.
It's about one-and-nine-tenths times as big as Seal Island
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The size of Seal Island is about 2.40 arpents.
(Western Cape province, South Africa)
Seal Island, named for the tens of thousands of Cape Fur Seals that live there, measures about 2.40 arpents. The large number seals attract great white sharks, who circle the island in a so-called "Ring of Death."
It's about two times as big as a City Block (Manhattan)
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The size of a City Block (Manhattan) is about 3 arpents.
(per Bridges, William - 1811 Commissioner's Plan for New York City) (approximate)
A Manhattan city block measures about 200 m between the Northeast-Southwest streets by about 60 m between the Northwest-Southeast streets for a total area of about 3 arpents. There are roughly 2,000 blocks within the city, representing one of the most prolific applications of the city planning grid plan in history.
It's about half as big as The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
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The size of The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is about 9.20 arpents.
(Washington, D.C.) (pool surface area)
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has a water surface area of 9.20 arpents. The Pool has a sloping bottom and extends to 80 cm (30 in) in depth at its center.
It's about two-and-a-half times as big as The White House
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The size of The White House is about 1.80 arpents.
(Washington, DC) (including wings)
Housing the presidency, the White House occupies six stories and a total of 1.80 arpents of floor space. This space includes 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, and 3 elevators, as well as a tennis court, bowling alley, movie theater, jogging track, swimming pool, and putting green.
It's about two-fifths as big as Federation Square
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The size of Federation Square is about 11 arpents.
(Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Federation Square, the large public square in the city center of Melbourne, measures 11 arpents. The main portion of the square is floored with sandstone blocks from Western Australia.
It's about two-fifths as big as The Principality Stadium
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The size of The Principality Stadium is about 10 arpents.
(a.k.a. Stadiwm Principality, f.k.a. Millennium Stadium, f.k.a. Stadiwm y Mileniwm) (Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom) (total footprint)
The 70,000-person-plus capacity stadium of Cardiff, Principality Stadium has a total footprint of 10 arpents. Over 40,000 tonnes of concrete and steel during the construction of the stadium.
It's about two-fifths as big as The Philippine Arena
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The size of The Philippine Arena is about 12 arpents.
(Ciudad De Victoria, Bocaue - Bulacan, Philippines) (total footprint)
The largest indoor arena in the world, the multi-use Philippine Area has a total footprint of 12 arpents, with the dome itself occupying 11 arpents. The floor the arena contains over 9,000 tons of steel.
It's about three times as big as a Football field
The size of a Football field is about 1.5625018320 arpents.
(American) (per NFL regulation)
Per NFL rules, a football field should measure 109.728 m (120 yards) long by 48.768 m wide, for a total area of 1.5625018320 arpents. Due to a blizzard, the first NFL playoff game in 1932 was held indoors in Chicago Stadium (it was also the first indoor game) on a field measuring just 55 m by 40.0 m, for a total area of 0.64237821970 arpents.
It's about three-tenths as big as a Polo field
The size of a Polo field is about 14.64845470 arpents.
(for field polo) (United States Polo Association rules; unboarded side maximum)
An outdoor polo field must measure 274.32 m in length and 146.304 m to in width for a total playing area of up to 14.64845470 arpents. Polo traces its origins to an Iranian (then Persian) war game from the 5th Century, which was played with as many as 100 players per side.
It's about three-and-a-half times as big as Bill Gates' Home
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The size of Bill Gates' Home is about 1.3060 arpents.
(Medina, Washington)
One of the largest homes in the world, Bill and Melinda Gates' home has a total area of 1.3060 arpents, including 7 bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, 6 kitchens, 6 fireplaces, a 0.06716 arpents gym, a 0.02628 arpents dining room, and a 0.05548 arpents library. It was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, the same architectural firm responsible for the design of one of Apple Inc's flagship stores on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
It's about three-tenths as big as Rogers Centre
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The size of Rogers Centre is about 15 arpents.
(f.k.a. Skydome) (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) (entire complex)
Rogers Centre, a major sports stadium in downtown Toronto, measures a total of 15 arpents over the entire complex. The video board of Rogers Centre has a total area of 0.0993 arpents.
 
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