GOLCONDA ACOUSTICS

Concept      :  Acoustic System during Medieval ages.

Location     :  Golconda Fort , Golconda , INDIA

USP               :

• At the entrance to the Golconda Fort is this 14th Century dome engineered to acoustic perfection.
• A hand clap while standing right below the center of the dome  reverberates and can be heard at the highest point of the fort almost a kilometre away, this worked as a warning system.

CULLINAN

Form                        : Diamond

Location                : British Crown Jewels , UK ( Previously owned by Premier Mining Co. , SOUTH AFRICA)

USP                           : 

• Largest uncut diamond ever found.
• The largest among the nine Cullinan pieces is 3,106.75 carats and has an estimated cost of around 400 million $ , the most expensive of all.

CAPABLANCA CHESS

Form                           : A Chess Variant that originated in 1920s

Founder                   : José Raúl Capablanca

USP :

• Consists of a Chancellor and an Archbishop , additive of other common pieces.

 

• The chancellor combines powers of a rook and a knight.
• The archbishop combines powers of a bishop and a knight.