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A number of sources also hold that Etchmiadzin is the oldest cathedral in the world. [216] [p] It has sometimes been described as Armenia's first church building, [219] [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.
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
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.
However, author and critic George Orwell, mistakenly referring to it as a cathedral, called it "one of the most hideous buildings in the world". [73] Author James A. Michener called it "one of the strangest-looking serious buildings in the world" [ 74 ] and British historian Gerald Brenan stated about the building "Not even in the European ...
A proto-cathedral (lit. ' first cathedral ') is the former cathedral of a transferred see. Despite its size and historic importance, St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the Holy See of the Catholic Church, is not officially a cathedral. [7] The cathedral church of a metropolitan bishop is called a metropolitan cathedral.
Another is Armidale Anglican Cathedral in Australia. After World War II traditionalist ideas were abandoned for the rebuilding of the bombed cathedral in Coventry. The old cathedral was actually a large parish church that had been elevated to cathedral status. Its glorious spire fortunately escaped severe damage.
Located in Aleppo Governorate, five stone towers were found at Tell Qaramel; dated to the period from the middle of the 11th millennium BCE to about 9650 BCE, making them the oldest structures of this type in the world. Göbeklitepe: Turkey: Asia: 9500-7500 BCE Unknown/likely temple Oldest temple in the world. Durankulak: Bulgaria: Europe: 5500 ...
Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; lit. ' Holy Wisdom '), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque,(Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi; Greek: Μεγάλο Τζαμί της Αγίας Σοφίας), is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.