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Added to the UNESCO World Heritage List Provo ward conference center 5,038 [60] 2012 Provo, Utah United States: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [61] Westminster Cathedral: 5,017 [citation needed] 2,000 1895–1910 London United Kingdom: Catholic Largest Roman Catholic Church in the UK. Medak Cathedral: 5,000 [62] 1914–1926 ...
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.
World's tallest domed church; tallest Catholic church in the world. 3: Cologne Cathedral: 157.4 m (516 ft) 1880: Cologne Germany: Catholic: Tallest building in the world 1880–1884; tallest twin tower façade; tallest cathedral in the world; place of the Shrine of the Three Kings: 4: Rouen Cathedral: 151.0 m (495 ft) 1876
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.
It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Designed by the 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 ...
The cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete: construction began in 1386, and the final details were completed in 1965. It is the largest church in the Italian Republic—the larger St. Peter's Basilica is in the State of Vatican City, a sovereign state—and one of largest in the world. [4]
The largest church dome in Spain and one of the largest by diameter (33 m) in Christendom. Karlskirche: 40 m [129] 70 m Vienna Austria: Alexander Nevsky Cathedral: 40 m [130] 40 m 46.3 m 46.3 m (50.52 m [131] bell tower) 48.8m (2.5 m cross) 18 m Sofia Bulgaria: The largest cathedral in the Balkans. [132] Worms Cathedral: 40 m [133] 40 m Worms ...
The Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence by Filippo Brunelleschi, which has the largest brick dome in the world, [1] [2] and is considered a masterpiece of world architecture. This is a list of cathedrals in Italy, including also Vatican City and San Marino. This is intended to be a complete list of extant cathedrals – i.e., churches ...