There is a spot where even whispers can be heard throughout the room...?!
Question:
There is a spot where even whispers can be heard throughout the room...?
I think it's in the in the national archives rotunda, but don't remember. I think it was also featured in the film National Treasure. There is a corner where everything you say can be heard throughout the room, what is it called?
Answers:
A whispering gallery is a gallery beneath a dome or vault or enclosed in a circular or elliptical area in which whispers can be heard clearly in other parts of the building...
Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol is a famous example of a whispering gallery
St Paul's Cathedral in London. [1]
Cathedral of Brasília in Brazil.
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
The Mapparium in the Christian Science complex in Boston allows visitors to enter the interior of reflecting surface forming nearly complete sphere, with very striking effects.
Grand Central Station in New York City the gallery in front of the Oyster House restaurant.
The rotundas of the Texas State Capitol and the Missouri State Capitol.
Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, Turkey.
The Echo Wall in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China.
The Fazer cafeteria in Helsinki