If you can hold your breath all the way to the bottom here, you are one talented swimmer – Y-40 The Deep Joy is the world’s deepest pool, with a staggering record depth of -40 metres. The incredible swim centre, designed by renowned architect Emanuele Boaretto, is located within the four-star Hotel Terme Millepini in Montegrotto Terme, Italy. The pool is open for 365 days a year for deep sea diving training, leisure dives and photoshoots. More pictures after the break
- Christ the Redeemer statue towering above Rio de Janeiro in Brazil measures 38 metres.
- The Statue of Liberty in New York, minus the pedestal, is around 45 metres tall.
- Nine double decker buses stacked on top of each other would be around 40 metres in height.
- A 12-storey building would measure on average 40 metres in height.
- It would be less than half the length of a football pitch, as this has to be 105 metres.
- Around 23 men of average height could stand one on top of the other and reach 40 metres.
- It is almost double the height of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, as this is 26 metres.
- At least seven of these pools could fit underneath the Eiffel Tower, standing at 301 metres.
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