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2. List of Catholic basilicas - Wikipedia

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   Today only four, all in the Diocese of Rome, are classified as major basilicas: the major basilicas of St John Lateran, St Peter 's, St Paul outside the Walls, and St Mary Major. The other canonical basilicas are minor basilicas. By canon law no Catholic church can be honoured with the title of basilica unless by apostolic grant or from ...

3. List of largest church buildings - Wikipedia

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   List of largest church buildings. 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.

4. St. Peter's Basilica - Wikipedia

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   The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri; Italian: Basilica di San Pietro [baˈziːlika di sam ˈpjɛːtro]), is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy.

5. Sagrada Família - Wikipedia

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   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". [4] On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica. [5 ...

6. Cologne Cathedral - Wikipedia

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   At 157 m (515 ft), the cathedral is the tallest twin-spired church in the world, the second tallest church in Europe after Ulm Minster, and the third tallest church of any kind in the world. [7] Construction of Cologne Cathedral began in 1248 but was halted in the years around 1560, [8] unfinished. Attempts to complete the construction began ...

7. List of highest church naves - Wikipedia

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   It is the tallest and largest (by volume) Orthodox church building in the world. 8. Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń. 44 m (144 ft) Licheń Stary. Poland. Highest nave in Poland, 77 m wide. The highest point inside the church (dome presbytery) is 85 meters high. 11.