Palace of Peace and Reconciliation

Opened in 2006, this interesting building consists of a pyramid with a height of 62 meters on top of a 15 meter earth covered block. It is said that construction cost totaled 8.74 billion Kazakh tenge (about $58 million).

This Pyramid was specially constructed to host the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. The interior contains facilities for different religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Daoism, and other faiths. It also houses a 1,500-seat opera house, a national museum of culture, a new "university of civilization," a library, and a research center for Kazakhstan's ethnic and geographical groups. The building is conceived as a global center for religious understanding, the renunciation of violence, and the promotion of faith and human equality.

Address: Manasa Av., 57, Astana, Kazakhstan

Phone Number: 744 744