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Built 295–305 as the Mausoleum of emperor Diocletian, is the second oldest structure used by any Christian Cathedral. It is regarded as the oldest Catholic cathedral in the world that remains in use in its original structure, without near-complete renovation at a later date. Rotunda of Saint George: Thessaloniki: Greece: 306 306 4th century
A number of sources also hold that Etchmiadzin is the oldest cathedral in the world. [213] [p] It has sometimes been described as Armenia's first church building, [216] [44] but this claim has found little support among scholars, who usually posit that the country's first church was in Ashtishat, in the Taron region.
The Cathedral of Saint Domnius, consecrated at the turn of the 7th century AD, is regarded as the oldest Catholic cathedral in the world that remains in use in its original structure, without near-complete renovation at a later date (though the bell tower dates from the 12th century).
Located in Canterbury, Kent, it is one of the oldest Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site. Its formal title is the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ, Canterbury. [3] [a] Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt between 1070 and 1077.
This is a list of cathedrals by country, including both actual cathedrals (seats of bishops in episcopal denominations, such as Catholicism, Anglicanism, and Orthodoxy) and a few prominent churches from non-episcopal denominations commonly referred to as "cathedral", usually having formerly acquired that status.
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an Armenian church dating back almost 2,000 years, making it the oldest structure of its kind in the country and one of the oldest in the world.
The cathedra of the Pope as Bishop of Rome, Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran Etchmiadzin cathedral in Vagarshapat, Armenia, believed to be the oldest cathedral in the world. The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta is a Catholic cathedral in Nepi, Italy The Cathedral of Brasilia in Brazil takes a modernist form
It is the oldest cathedral in mainland Scotland and the oldest building in Glasgow. [nb 1] The cathedral was the seat of the Archbishop of Glasgow, and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Glasgow and the province of Glasgow, until the Scottish Reformation in the 16th century.