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Catholic Largest cathedral in the world. [14] Milan Cathedral: 11,700 [15] [16] 440,000 [17] 40,000 1386–1965 Milan Italy: Catholic : Seville Cathedral: 11,500 [3] 23,500 [18] [b] 500,000+ 1401–1528 Seville Spain: Catholic It was a mosque before being rebuilt as a Catholic cathedral. [19] [20] Cathedral of St. John the Divine: 11,241 [21 ...
After its completion in the early 16th century, Seville Cathedral supplanted Hagia Sophia as the largest cathedral in the world, a title the Byzantine church had held for a thousand years. [4] The Gothic section alone has a length of 126 m (413 ft), a width of 76 m (249 ft), and its maximum height in the center of the transept is 42 m (138 ft).
Westminster Cathedral is the 50th largest church in the world in terms of interior area (5,017m²), seating up to 2,000 people. It is the 38th largest Catholic church globally in terms of interior area.
The largest church building in Poland and one of the largest in the world. 8: St. Peter's Basilica: 136.6 m (448 ft) [2] 1626: Vatican City Vatican City: Catholic: The largest church building in the world both by area and volume 9: St. Stephen's Cathedral
It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), in 2005 his work on Sagrada Família was added to an existing (1984) UNESCO World Heritage Site, "Works of Antoni Gaudí". [5] On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica. [6 ...
The church is the largest cathedral and the second largest Catholic church in the world by interior area, after St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. [1] As a cathedral, it is the seat of the Archdiocese of Aparecida .
Guinness World Records lists it as the largest church in the world, having surpassed the previous record holder, Saint Peter's Basilica, upon completion. It has an area of 30,000 square metres (320,000 sq ft) [2] and is 158 metres (518 ft) tall. [3]
One of the largest Eastern Orthodox Cathedrals Note: this list is incomplete e.g. St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney is 107 metres long (ref. St. Mary's Cathedral website). Portugal's Alcobaça Monastery is 106 metres long.