List of the largest churches

St. Peter's Basilica is generally considered to be the largest church in the world. According to many criteria, this is actually the case.

Hagia Sophia, the former main church of Orthodox Christianity, was the largest church in the world for 1000 years. At 31 m, it still has the largest width of a former sacred building

With the Speyer Cathedral, technical appropriation began in Central Europe in the construction of large vaults, knowledge of which was lost after antiquity

This is a list of the largest churches in the world by various criteria.

methodology

The most varied of dimensions are used as criteria for “large” in the literature, including: a. the following:

• external length, width, area or volume of the structure
• clear height of the nave
• clear width between the belt arches of a nave or between the pillars of the dome
• clear height of the crossing or a dome
• Length of the nave, width of the transept
• external structural height of church towers or domes (highest point of the structure above ground)
• Internal volume or usable area of ​​the church space
• Capacity (people)

In addition to the multitude of possible criteria, there is also the historical dimension. Some of the largest churches were originally built for a different purpose and later consecrated, or built as churches and later rededicated, and some of the towers and naves built in the Middle Ages later collapsed.

Some regional peculiarities result from the peculiarities of the architectural history of the Christian world. There are many of the longest medieval cathedrals in England, most of the tallest naves in France, many of the tallest church towers in Germany or former German cities, and many of the largest cathedrals in Spain in terms of width and area.

Longest church building

The 10 longest church buildings (external dimensions)

Layout	church	Location	length	Remarks
	St. Peter in the Vatican	Rome, Vatican City	211 m
	Christ Cathedral	Liverpool, UK	189 m	Longest church building of the 20th century, built 1904–78.
	St. John the Divine	New York, USA	183 m	Start of construction in 1892, cathedral so far unfinished.
	Basilica of Our Lady	Aparecida, Brazil	173 m
	Trinity Cathedral	Winchester, UK	170 m	Erected in the 11th century. Until the west facade was rebuilt in the 14th century, the nave was even 180 meters long.
	Abbey church	St Albans, United Kingdom	168 m
	Trinity Cathedral	Ely, United Kingdom	164 m
	Westminster Abbey	London, UK	162 m
	National Peter and Paul Cathedral	Washington, USA	160 m
	Christ Cathedral	Canterbury, UK	160 m

The Abbey Church of Cluny III , consecrated in 1095, was the longest church in the world with a length of 187 m until the completion of St. Peter's Basilica, but was largely destroyed in the course of the French Revolution.

The 10 longest naves (internal dimensions)

Markings (in Latin) for the length of Reims Cathedral and Washington Basilica on the floor of St. Peter's Basilica

Reliable information on the interior length of the church interior is even more difficult to find than the other dimensions cited here. Sometimes only the length of the nave is given (i.e. without crossing and choir), sometimes the tower hall or choir chapels are included and sometimes not.

The brass stars on the floor of the central nave of St. Peter's Basilica, with which this basilica compares itself to other well-known churches, are a very well-known list. The first 10 from this list are given below. However, there is no guarantee for methodical correctness or completeness in this list either.

church	Location	length	Remarks
St. Peter in the Vatican	Rome, Vatican City	186.36 m
St. Paul Cathedral	London, UK	158.10 m
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore	Florence, Italy	149.28 m
National Basilica of the Sacred Heart	Brussels Belgium	140.94 m	External length: 164.5 m
Basilica of the Immaculate Conception	Washington, USA	139.14 m
Cathedral of Our Lady	Reims, France	138.69 m
Cathedral of the Birth of Mary	Milan, Italy	134.94 m	According to other sources, 148 m interior length
High Cathedral of St. Peter	Cologne, Germany	134.94 m
Cathedral of St. Maria and St. Stephan	Speyer, Germany	134 m
St. Petronius Basilica	Bologna, Italy	132.54 m

Biggest domes

church	Completed	Inside diameter	Location	builder	Remarks
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore	1436	42-45 m	Florence , Italy	Filippo Brunelleschi	first double-skinned dome of the Renaissance
St. Peter in the Vatican	1590	42.3 m	Rome , Vatican City	Michelangelo	double-skinned dome
Rotunda of Mosta	1871	39.0 m	Mosta , Malta	Mosta population	fourth largest church dome in the world after St. Peter's Basilica , Pantheon (both in Rome ) and the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence
St. Blasien Cathedral	1781	36.0 m	St. Blasien , Germany	Benedictine	third largest dome in Europe at the time of construction; Wooden structure replaced by iron arch ribs and prestressed concrete after fire in 1874
Hagia Sophia	December 24, 537	33 m	Istanbul , Turkey	Anthemios of Tralleis and Isidore of Miletus	Ground plan and construction are based on purely mathematically developed geometries of geodetic building regulations Heron of Alexandrias, which were used by the two Alexandrian university teachers. The building was a church until 1453, a museum between 1932 and 2020 and has been a mosque again since July 2020 .
Frederik's Church	1894	31 m	Copenhagen , Denmark	Nicolai Eigtved	As a rotunda, the church is committed to the Pantheon in Rome. Its construction lasted from 1749 to 1894.
St Paul's Cathedral	1710	30.8 m	London , UK	Christopher Wren	Wren's dome is considered to be the crowning glory of European dome construction, it is the most technically sophisticated dome in the Florence - Rome - London series and, with a weight of approx. 65,000 tons, also the lightest
Berlin Cathedral	1905	30.7 m	Berlin , Germany	Julius Raschdorff	The main dome and the four tower ends were rebuilt after the damage in World War II in a greatly simplified form and each reduced in height by 16 meters. The outer diameter of the dome is approx. 33 m.
St. Sava Cathedral	1989	30.5 m	Belgrade , Serbia	Branko Pešić	The dome made of double-shell reinforced concrete was raised to a height of 40 m using a lift-slap system
woman Church	1743	26.15 m	Dresden , Germany	George Bähr	largest masonry dome north of the Alps
Baptistery of San Giovanni	11th - mid-12th century	25.60 m	Florence , Italy	Bishop of Florence and Chapter	largest domed structure in the West between Hagia Sophia and Florence Cathedral
St. Gereon	1227	21.0 m long 16.9 m wide	Cologne , Germany	Archbishop and Canon	The dome is based on Byzantine models that were built via San Vitale in Ravenna and the Aachen Cathedral in the Middle Ages in Europe

Tallest naves

church	Location	height	Remarks
St. Peter's Cathedral	Beauvais, France	48.50 m	The component with the highest interior height is the southern transept. In 1284 and 1573 the cathedral collapsed due to structural defects and has remained unfinished to this day.
Cathedral of the Birth of Mary	Milan, Italy	46.80 m
St. Peter in the Vatican	Rome, Vatican City	46 m	The clear height of the central nave is given. The area under the crossing dome is significantly higher.
Sagrada Família basilica	Barcelona, ​​Spain	45 m	Long and transverse houses have an interior height of 45 m, the crossing is 60 m high.
Basilica of San Petronio	Bologna, Italy	45 m
St. Mary's Cathedral "La Seu"	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	43.75 m	Gothic ship, completed in 1587.
High Cathedral of St. Peter	Cologne, Germany	43.35 m	The architectural model was the Amiens Cathedral, the height of which was exceeded by one meter.
Cathedral of Our Lady	Amiens, France	42.30 m	When the choir was completed in 1269, the Amiens Cathedral was the highest interior space in the world, which prompted the builders in nearby Beauvais to have an ambition that actually gave the cathedral there record dimensions, but also a tragic architectural history.
St. Mary's Cathedral	Seville, Spain	42 m
Stephansdom	Metz, France	41.40 m	Vault of the nave erected 1360–80.

Greatest clear width

Measured between the pillars of the nave, but not related to the dome itself, which, due to its position on the pendentives, always has a larger diameter than the span of the belt arches. Exceptions are cylindrical rotundas, where the walls themselves are direct supporting elements (pantheon), and when the pendentive dome is constructed as an outer circle and not as an inner circle, as in the case of Hagia Sophia. In general, the ability to build vaults over large spans was lost in Central Europe after antiquity. They were only preserved in Byzantium and Northern Italy. Byzantine or northern Italian builders built the groundbreaking groin vault of the Speyer Cathedral in the 11th century and replaced the wooden-covered flat ceilings in the church architecture.

church	Location	Expanse	Remarks
Hagia Sophia	Istanbul, Turkey	31.00 m	The pendentive dome, which stands over four supports, has a diameter that extends over the clear width of the nave. It is the largest dome that was only built over four pillars. The belt arches reach the greatest width of an ancient building and form a 40 m high vault.
St. Peter in the Vatican	Rome, Vatican City	25.58 m	The four pillars of the dome have a circumference of 70 m and are actually each composed of two pillars. The dome has eight pendentives. The span between the pillars is the largest ever achieved since ancient times.
St. Sava Cathedral	Belgrade, Serbia	24 m	At 37.70 m, the four yokes are almost exactly as high as those of Hagia Sophia to which they are obliged. It has the largest dome in an Orthodox church.
Santa Maria Cathedral	Girona, Spain	22.98 m	The building has the largest width of a Gothic church.
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore	Florence, Italy	19.83 m	The structure has the largest dome since ancient times. Brunelleschi built it as a double-skinned dome over eight pillars.
Speyer Cathedral	Speyer, Germany	13.9 m	The Speyer Cathedral marks a turning point in the construction of large vaults in Europe, the technical requirements of which were lost after antiquity and which in Speyer was probably built by Byzantines or northern Italian builders. The groin vault has a height of 33 m in addition to the large span.

Tallest church spiers

The 10 tallest church towers

Building	Location	height	Remarks
Ulm Minster , west tower	Ulm, Germany	162 m	1885–90, the neo-Gothic completion of a Gothic tower planned in the Middle Ages based on the original plans. The architect was August Beyer , who also completed the tower of the Bern Minster by 1893 .
Basilica of Our Lady of Peace , dome	Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast	158 m	The architect was Pierre Fakhoury . The model of the dome was that of St. Peter's Basilica.
High Cathedral of St. Peter , west towers	Cologne, Germany	157 m	Double tower facade with two west towers. The northern one is 7 cm higher than the southern one. The original plans of the towers by Master Arnold from the 13th century were largely true to the original 600 years later.
Assumption Cathedral , crossing tower	Rouen, France	151 m	A first crossing tower was completed in 1235 and destroyed by fire in 1514. 1538–57 a successor was built, which was supposedly 128 meters high, but also burned down in 1822 after a lightning strike. By 1877, today's Vierungsturm was built using industrial technology ( cast iron ), which was the tallest building in the world for three years until the Cologne cathedral towers were completed.
Liebfrauenmünster , north tower	Strasbourg, France	142 m	Completed in 1439. Highest preserved church tower of the European Middle Ages. North tower of the double tower west facade, the planned south tower was never completed.
Basilica of Our Lady , west tower	Licheń Stary, Poland	141 m	The foundation stone was laid in 1994. The pilgrimage church faces northeast, the double tower main facade faces southwest, the main tower is on its left.
Stephansdom , south tower	Vienna, Austria	136 m	Completed in 1433. Until the completion of the north tower of Strasbourg six years later, it was the tallest (still existing and therefore verifiable) church tower in the world. Several builders, u. a. Peter von Prachatitz . The north tower, originally planned in the same way, was never completed and is only 68 meters high today.
Church of the Conception Cathedral , north tower	Linz, Austria	134 m	The architect was the Cologne cathedral builder Vincenz Statz . The total height was supposedly limited because no building in Austria-Hungary was allowed to be higher than St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. The cathedral faces south instead of east, so the north tower is part of the main facade (which is usually in the west of medieval churches).
St. Peter in the Vatican , dome	Rome, Vatican City	132 m	The dome, planned by Michelangelo Buonarroti and completed by his pupil Giacomo della Porta in 1590, is the largest self-supporting brick structure in the world.
Main church Sankt Petri , west tower	Hamburg, Germany	132 m	Completed in 1383 ( Hermen van Kampen ), increased in 1516 ( Heinrich Berndes ), destroyed in the Hamburg fire in 1842, rebuilt by 1878 ( Johann Hermann Maack ).

The still existing tower of St. Nicolai (Hamburg, 147 m) has stood without a church since 1943 and today serves as a memorial.

Historic record holders: church towers

since	Building	height	Remarks
1240	St. Paul’s (old building), London	≈149 (?) M	Crossing tower, collapsed in 1561
1311	St. Mary's Cathedral , Lincoln, United Kingdom	≈160 (?) M	Crossing tower, collapsed in 1549
1549	Marienkirche , Stralsund, Germany	≈151 (?) M	Completed in 1485, destroyed by lightning in 1647
1569	St. Peter's Cathedral , Beauvais, France	≈153 (?) M	Due to insufficient statics, the crossing tower of Beauvais collapsed less than four years after it opened on April 30, 1573.
1573	(again) Marienkirche, Stralsund, Germany
1647	Liebfrauenmünster , Strasbourg, France	142 m	Completed in 1439. Highest preserved church tower of the European Middle Ages. Instead of the originally planned double tower facade, initially a horizontal closure, then the single tower asymmetrically placed on top of it.
1874	St. Nicolai , Hamburg, Germany	147 m	Church destroyed in 1943, ruin torn down in 1951, tower preserved.
1876	Assumption Cathedral , Rouen, France	151 m	Crossing tower
1880	High Cathedral of St. Petrus , Cologne, Germany	157 m	Double tower facade with two west towers. The northern one is 7 cm higher than the southern one.
1890	Liebfrauenmünster , Ulm, Germany	162 m	West tower

The heights for London, Lincoln, Beauvais and Stralsund are based on contemporary descriptions and cannot be verified. If the listed heights are incorrect, the following towers could be considered record holders for the period before 1439 (completion of Strasbourg):

• Chartres Cathedral , south tower, 105 m, 1160 (today's taller north tower was not built until 1500–13).
• Lübeck Cathedral , 114/112 m, 1247
• Freiburg Minster , 116 m, 1330
• Salisbury Cathedral , 123 m, early 14th century
• Marienkirche (Lübeck) , 125 m, ≈1350
• St. Stephen's Cathedral , 136 m, 1433

The towers in Lincoln, Stralsund, Beauvais, Strasbourg, Hamburg, Rouen and Cologne were also the tallest structures in the world of their time. Since the opening of the Washington Monument (1884) and Eiffel Tower (1889), no sacred building has held the record.

The dome of the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro / Ivory Coast, completed in 1988, is 158 m high, so it “missed” the world record by three and a half meters. The Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona, ​​which is still under construction, is to receive 18 towers in the final stage, the highest of which is 115 m high, the not yet existing main tower would be the highest in the world at around 170 m.

See also

• The extensive list of the tallest church towers in the world lists all church towers over 85 m high.
• The list of the tallest structures of its time is headed by church towers from 1311 to 1884.
• The tallest minaret (“church tower” of a mosque ) in the world is the 210 m high minaret of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca , Morocco, completed in 1993 .
• The tallest Buddhist sacred building is the 154 m high Tianning Temple in Changzhou, China.
• The tower structures ( Shikhara or Rekha Deul ) of Hindu temples often reach impressive heights.
• Tower structures are rather uncommon at synagogues , exceptions reach comparatively modest heights such as 50 ( Berlin ) or 43 m ( Budapest ). However, the 167.50 m high Mole Antonelliana in Turin was built as a synagogue, but shortly before completion it was sold to the city, which used it as a museum.

Base area, volume, capacity

The 10 largest churches in terms of area

The area given is the area of ​​the church.

Methodological uncertainties result from whether side chapels or ancillary facilities such as cloisters, inner courtyards or sacristies are included or not. In some sources, instead of the usable area, the entire built-up area of ​​the church building, i.e. including outer walls, is found, which results in a significantly higher value and is not comparable.

church	Location	Interior space	Remarks
Cathedral of the Conception of Our Lady	Cordoba, Spain	23,000 m²	Erected as a mosque. The church building added later only takes up a small part of the floor space.
St. Peter in the Vatican	Rome, Vatican City	15,160 m²
Basilica of Our Lady	Aparecida, Brazil	12,000 m²
St. Mary's Cathedral	Seville, Spain	11,520 m²
St. John the Divine	New York, USA	11,200 m²
Cathedral of the Birth of Mary	Milan, Italy	11,860 m²
Basilica of Our Lady	Licheń Stary, Poland	10,090 m²
Christ Cathedral	Liverpool, UK	9,687 m²
Trinity Church	Fátima, Portugal	8,700 m²

Sortable list

The following list contains all church buildings from the above short lists "The 10 ... th" as well as selected other important buildings, without claiming to be exhaustive.

It is sorted according to the length of the external building, as this information is available for most of the listed structures, but can also be sorted according to other criteria using the arrow symbols in the column headers.

church	Location	The.	construction time	Inner area (m²)	Length inside (m)	Vault height inside (m)	Length outside (m)	Width outside (m)	Spire (noun)	Remarks	image
St. Peter in the Vatican	Rome, Vatican City	rk	1506-1626	15,160	186.30	45.50	211.50	138	133.80	Inner length 186.30 m. Capacity: 20,000 people. Construction volume: 1,200,000 m³. Width of the transept: 137.85 m, nave (central and side aisles): 58 m, central nave: 25.70 (at the entrance) to 23 m (at the crossing). Dome diameter 41.50 m (inside) or 58.90 m (outside), clearance height under dome lantern 117.57 m.
Basilica of Our Lady of Peace	Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast	rk	1985-1989	greater than 8,000 (?)			194	150	158.1	Central building. Partly referred to as the largest church in the world; modeled on St. Peter's Basilica. Capacity: 18,000 people
Christ Cathedral	Liverpool, UK	anglik.	1904-1988	9,687		36.50	188.70		100.80	One of the last large churches in the neo-Gothic style . Clear crossing height 53.30 m According to the company, "the largest cathedral (in m²) in Great Britain and the fifth largest in the world".
St. John the Divine	New York, USA	anglik.	1892 – today	11,250			183.2			Capacity: more than 12,000 people, 10,000 seats. Volume of the interior: 476,346 m³ crossing height 49.38 m.
Cathedral of the Conception	Cordoba, Spain	rk	784 to the 16th century	23,000			179	134	93	Large mosque built and expanded several times in 784–987. Christian cathedral added from 1523.
St. Paul's Cathedral	London, UK	anglik.	1676-1708	7,857	158	28	175	75	111	The previous Gothic building was 181 m long and had a 149 m high crossing tower. Clear height under dome 68 m. Dome diameter 31 m.
Basilica of Our Lady	Aparecida, Brazil	rk	1955-1980	18,000			173 (188)	168 (183)	102	Pilgrimage church. The architect was Benedito Calixto . Capacity: 45,000 people, up to 70,000 on the patronage holiday with side areas.
Trinity Cathedral	Winchester, UK	anglik.	1079-1093				170			Longest medieval church in the world. Even 12 meters longer until the new west facade was built in the 14th century. The nave alone is 97 m long.
Abbey church	Albans, United Kingdom	anglik.	1077-1325	3,646	134	20.20	167.60		44	Monastery church, cathedral since 1877. Length of central nave 84 m, choir + presbytery 52 m, crossing height 31.09 m, width of nave with side aisles 19.81 m, length of transept (inside) 54 m.
National Basilica of the Sacred Heart	Brussels Belgium	rk	1905-1970	greater than 8,000	141		164.50	107	93	Built as the “Belgian national shrine” on a hill in Brussels. Dome diameter 33 m. Architect: Albert van Huffel
Trinity Cathedral	Ely, United Kingdom	anglik.	1083-1252			21.90	163.70		66	The building has two transepts and thus two crossings. The clearance height of the eastern one is 43 m. Length of central nave 75 m.
National Peter and Paul Cathedral	Washington, USA	anglik.	1907-1990	7,712			160			National Church of the United States. Built on the model of English Gothic cathedrals.
Christ Cathedral	Canterbury, UK	anglik.	1070-1180			26.50	157	47	76	Main church of the Anglican Church of England .
Cathedral of the Birth of Mary	Milan, Italy	rk	1388-1562	11,700	148	45	158	92	106.50	Inner width of the (five-aisled) nave 57.60 m. Clear crossing height 65.50 m.
Westminster Abbey	London, UK	anglik.	1245-1519	114		31.10	156	61	69	National Church of England. Crossing height 42.67 m.
Santa Maria del Fiore	Florence, Italy	rk	1296-1436	8,300	149.28	23	153	38	114	The famous dome built by Brunelleschi has a clear interior height of 90 m and a diameter of 45 m. It was the largest dome in the world until the 20th century. Giotto's bell tower, which is 100 years older, is 85 m high.
Cathedral of Our Lady	Amiens, France	rk	1220-1366	7,700	133.50	42.30	145	70	112.70	Enclosed interior: 200,000 m³
High Cathedral of St. Peter	Cologne, Germany	rk	1248-1880	7.914		43.35	144.6	86.5	157.38	The area of ​​the west facade of over 7,100 square meters has not been exceeded to this day. Longest church in Germany. Enclosed volume: 407,000 m³.
Basilica of the Immaculate Conception	Washington, USA	rk	1920-1961	7,079	121.60	30.50	140	73	100.30	Largest Catholic Church in the United States. Dome diameter 27 m. Clear height under dome 48.50 m.
Cathédrale Notre-Dame	Reims, France	rk	1211-1275	4,800	139	38	149	115	87	"National Cathedral" of France. Famous two-tower west facade with over 2300 figures.
Basilica of Our Lady	Lichen Stary, Poland	rk	1994-2004	10,090			139	70		Pilgrimage church. Title: Basilica minor . Volume: 300,000 m³.
Speyer Cathedral	Speyer, Germany	rk	1025-1106	5,038			134	37.6		Largest preserved Romanesque church in the world.
St. Petronius Basilica	Bologna, Italy	rk	1390-1658	7,920		45	132.5	60		from 1390; Enclosed space approx. 258,000 m³, world's largest Gothic brick church
Cathédrale Notre-Dame	Paris, France	rk	1182 (W)				132	60		1163 Laying of the foundation stone
Basílica del Pilar	Zaragoza, Spain	rk	1681-1754	8,318			130	67
Mary of the Conception Cathedral	Linz, Austria	rk	1862-1935	5,170			130	60	134	There is a papal deed of establishment dated January 28, 1785, the New Cathedral in Linz is the largest church in Austria
Saint Paul Outside the Walls	Rome, Italy	rk	324				127			Erected by order of Constantine on the presumed tomb of the apostle Paul in Rome; already 386 enlarged considerably. After being damaged by fire in July 1824, it was renovated using salvaged parts. One of the 4 patriarchal basilicas and one of the 7 pilgrimage churches in Rome, excavation work on the grave 2002–2006. Title Basilica papale .
Cathédrale Saint-Etienne	Bourges, France	rk	1195-1324	5,900	118	38	125	73	65	five-nave basilica without transept.
Vitus Cathedral	Prague, Czech Republic	rk	1344-1929				124	60		Largest church building in the Czech Republic; largest bell in the Czech Republic and one of the largest in the world (17 tons)
Catedral de la Virgen Maria en su Asunción	Toledo, Spain	rk					124	59		Laying of the foundation stone in 1227
Ulm Minster	Ulm, Germany	possibly	1377-1890	6,029			123.56	48.8	161.53	Originally Catholic, the largest Protestant church since the Reformation. Highest church tower in the world at 161.53 meters
Basilica of the Holy Family	Barcelona, ​​Spain	rk	1882-present			45	90	60		Still under construction. Photo on the right from Sept. 2009. Crossing height 60 m.
St. Mary's Cathedral	Seville, Spain	rk	1401-1519	11,520		42	115	76	104.50	Largest medieval church in the world. World Heritage.
Holy Trinity	Fátima, Portugal	rk	2004-2007	12,300			115	95		Pilgrimage church. Largest new church building in the 21st century. Construction costs approx. 60–80 million euros
Isaac's Cathedral	Saint Petersburg, Russia	orth.	1818-1858	10,767			111	97		The Russian Orthodox Cathedral had several previous buildings, the first in 1707 (shortly after the city was founded) made of wood.
Cathedral of the Redemption of the People	Bucharest, Romania	orth.	2010-present	8,400			120	70		The Romanian Orthodox Church was completed in 2014. Capacity: 5,000 people
St. Sava Cathedral	Belgrade, Serbia	orth.	1935-2004	4,830			91	81		As a central building based on the Hagia Sophia . Inner dome diameter 30.5 m, inner crown height 64.56 m. The 4,000-ton dome was pushed to a height of 40.09 and 77.34 m respectively by a lift slab. Since 2017 it has adorned the largest gold mosaic in the world with an area of ​​1230 m².
Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe	Mexico City, Mexico	rk	1974-1976	greater than 8,000			100	42		Pilgrimage church, going back to an apparition of Mary.
Hagia Sophia	Istanbul, Turkey	orth. (ex)	532-537	7,500			109.57			Was built as a Byzantine Christian church. Formerly the largest church in the world, then a mosque from 1453 and now a museum.
Lateran Basilica	Rome, Vatican City	rk	324							Basically goes back to Constantine the Great , has been repeatedly rebuilt and baroque. It is the Episcopal Church of Rome, not St. Peter's Basilica. Oldest Christian building in Western Europe . Title Basilica papale .
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels , (Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels)	Los Angeles, USA	rk	1999-2002				120.62
Berlin Cathedral	Berlin, Germany	possibly	1894-1905	6,789			93	73

Web links

• Lengths on the floor of St. Peter's (English)
• structurae.de database

Individual evidence

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20. ↑ The references for this come from the detailed list in the English language Wikipedia.
21. ^ Paul Maria Baumgarten :  Basilica of St. Peter . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 13, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1912.
22. ^ Josephine Quintero: Seville Cathedral, The City of Seville main sights, Andalucia, Southern Spain . Andalucia.com. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
23. ^ Edward Robb Ellis: The Epic of New York City . Kodansha International Publishing House, Tokyo 1997, ISBN 978-1-56836-204-5 , p. 413
24. ^ Paved surface of the cathedral according to the City Planning Assessor . In: Corriere della sera , April 3, 2011.
25. ^ Cathedral . Liverpool Cathedral. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
26. ↑ The New Megachurch For The Sanctuary Of Fátima (PDF). Retrieved September 5, 2012.
27. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} saintpetersbasilica.org
28. ↑ vaticanstate.va
29. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Official website
30. ^ ^{A b} Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City . Sacred Destinations
31. ^ Edward Robb Ellis: The Epic of New York City . Kodansha International Publishing House, Tokyo 1997, ISBN 978-1-56836-204-5 , p. 411
32. ↑ Cordoba . andalucia.com
33. ↑ ^{a b c} Peter Echevers Helfenritter: Nossa Senhora Aparecida . In: São Paulo . Lulu Publishing House. Raleigh USA 2011, ISBN 978-1-105-09363-0 , pp. 114 f.
34. ^ ^{A b c} William Thomas: Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil . ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Catholic Voice , July 19, 2009 
35. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Thomas Perkins: A short history of the Abbey ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
36. ^ T. Tatton-Brown, J. Crook: The English Cathedral . ISBN 1-84330-120-2
37. ↑ cathedral.org ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
38. ↑ ^{a b c} Official website
39. ↑ ^{a b c} The Milan Cathedral - Santa Maria Nascente
40. ^ Umberto Benigni :  Archdiocese of Milan . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 10, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1911.
41. ^ ^{A b c d} Walter Thornbury: Old and New London. Volume 3, 1878. Chapter LI. Westminster Abbey. The church building
42. ^ ^{A b} George Cyprian Alston:  Westminster Abbey . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 15, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1912.
43. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Official website
44. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Official website
45. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Website of the Ministry of Culture
46. ↑ Data from: Basilica website (Polish) accessed January 12, 2014
47. ↑ Data from: Website of the basilica (German) accessed January 12, 2014
48. ↑ ^{a b} andalucia.com: Seville
49. ↑ Data from: Basilica website (Romanian) accessed January 12, 2014
50. ^ Cadastre of the Republic of Serbia, parcel 1819/2 - St. Sava Cathedral
51. ↑ Data from: Basilica website (Spanish) accessed January 12, 2014
52. ↑ Data from: Ferdinand de Géramb: Voyage de la Trappe á Rome . Typography de Castermann. 1838, p. 153.

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