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  2. Architecture of cathedrals and great churches - Wikipedia

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    It passed into the church architecture of the Roman world and was adapted in different ways as a feature of cathedral architecture. [ 11 ] The earliest large churches, such as the cathedral of St John Lateran in Rome, consisted of a single-ended basilica with one apsidal end and a courtyard, or atrium , at the other end.

  3. Church architecture - Wikipedia

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    Church architecture refers to the architecture of Christian buildings, such as churches, chapels, convents, seminaries, etc. It has evolved over the two thousand years of the Christian religion , partly by innovation and partly by borrowing other architectural styles as well as responding to changing beliefs, practices and local traditions.

  4. List of largest church buildings - Wikipedia

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    St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the largest church in the world. [1] Churches can be measured and compared in several ways. These include area, volume, length, width, height, or capacity. Several churches individually claim to be "the largest church", which may be due to any one of these criteria.

  5. List of highest church naves - Wikipedia

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    Third biggest church in the world. Biggest place of worship in all the Americas. 19 St. Mary's Church: 38.5 m (126 ft) Lübeck: Germany: Highest brick vault in the world. 20 Reims Cathedral: 37.95 m (124.5 ft) [13] Reims: France: Holds the world record for statues: 2303 stone figurines are represented on it. 21 Cathedral of St. John the Divine

  6. Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal) - Wikipedia

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    The interior of the church is amongst the most dramatic in the world and regarded as a masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture. [1] The vaults are coloured deep blue and decorated with golden stars, and the rest of the sanctuary is decorated in blues, azures, reds, purples, silver, and gold. It is filled with hundreds of intricate wooden ...

  7. Church (building) - Wikipedia

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    A common trait of the architecture of many churches is the shape of a cross [14] (a long central rectangle, with side rectangles and a rectangle in front for the altar space or sanctuary). These churches also often have a dome or other large vaulted space in the interior to represent or

  8. List of oldest church buildings - Wikipedia

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    Considered to be the world's first purpose-built church. [21] Etchmiadzin Cathedral: Vagharshapat: Armenia: 301 (tradition); current church: 483–484 Armenian Apostolic Church: According to scholars it was the first cathedral of the world (but not the first church) built in ancient Armenia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mar Sarkis Monastery ...

  9. Orientation of churches - Wikipedia

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    Within Christian church architecture, orientation is an arrangement by which the point of main interest in the interior is towards the east (Latin: oriens). The east end is where the altar is placed, often within an apse. The façade and main entrance are accordingly at the west end.