The list of the tallest churches in the world lists in decreasing order of the highest Christian religious buildings, in particular, their domes or belfries .
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| A place | Height | Name | Picture | Notes | Building | City | A country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | 161.5 m | Ulm Cathedral | Visitors are given the opportunity to climb to a height of 143 meters. The climb is carried out on stone spiral staircases. Silver gulls often nest on the tops. | 1377 - 1890 | Ulm | Germany | ||
| 2 | 158 m | Notre Dame de la Paix | Height includes a cross on the main dome | 1989 | Yamoussoukro | Cote d'Ivoire | ||
| 3 | 157.4 m | Cologne Cathedral | The tallest church in the world with two identical towers. 533 steps lead to a height of 100 meters | 1248 - 1880 | Koln | Germany | ||
| four | 151 m | Rouen Cathedral | The highest cast-iron tower in the world | 1145 - 1506 | Rouen | France | ||
| five | 147.3 m | St. Nicholas Cathedral | Not restored after World War II , left as a monument | 1874 | Hamburg | Germany | ||
| 6 | 142 m | Strasbourg Cathedral | From 1625 to 1874 the highest building of mankind | 1439 | Strasbourg | France | ||
| 7 | 141.5 m | Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lichen | 2004 | Lychen-Stary | Poland | |||
| eight | 136.4 m | St. Stephen's Cathedral | 1433 | Vein | Austria | |||
| 9 | 134.8 m | New cathedral | 1924 | Linz | Austria | |||
| ten | 132.5 m | Saint Paul's Cathedral | 1626 | Vatican | Vatican | |||
| eleven | 132.2 m | Saint Paul's Cathedral | The first building in 1516. Restored after the Hamburg fire . | 1878 | Hamburg | Germany | ||
| 12 | 132 m | Church of St. Michael | Colloquially called "Michel" | 1786 | Hamburg | Germany | ||
| 13 | 130.6 m | St. Martin's Cathedral | 1500 | Landshut | Germany | |||
| 14 | 129 m | Oratorio of St. Joseph | 1917 - 1967 | Montreal | Canada | |||
| 15 | 125.4 m | Church of St. Jacob | 1962 | Hamburg | Germany | |||
| sixteen | 124.9 m | Church of St. Mary | 1350 | Lubeck | Germany | |||
| 17 | 124 m | Cathedral in Maringa | 1959 - 1972 | Maringa | Brazil | |||
| 18 | 123.7 m | Church of St. Olav | At the turn of the 16th century, the height reached 159 meters, which allowed it to be considered the tallest building in the world since 1549, when the tower of the Lincoln Cathedral collapsed, to its own misfortune, a fire in 1625. | 1267 | Tallinn | Estonia | ||
| nineteen | 123.5 m | St. Peter's Church | 1209 - 1690 | Riga | Latvia | |||
| 20 | 123.1 m | Salisbury Cathedral | 1220 - 1258 | Salisbury | Great Britain | |||
| 20 | 123 m | Cathedral of Our Lady of Antwerp | 1521 | Antwerp | Belgium | |||
| 22 | 122.5 m | Peter and Paul Cathedral | 1712 - 1733 | St. Petersburg | Russia | |||
| 23 | 122.3 m | Church of Our Lady | The church has a marble statue of Our Lady with a baby by Michelangelo . | 1320 | Bruges | Belgium | ||
| 24 | 121 m | Basilica of San Gaudenzio | 1577 - 1690 | Novara | Italy | |||
| 25 | 119.8 m | Riverside Church | 1927 - 1930 | New York | USA | |||
| 26 | 118.7 m | Uppsala Cathedral | 1287 - 1435 | Uppsala | Sweden | |||
| 27 | 117.5 m | Schwerin Cathedral | 1889 - 1892 | Schwerin | Germany | |||
| 28 | 117 m | St. Peter's Church | 1500 - 1578 | Sprout | Germany | |||
| 29th | 116.7 m | Church of St. Catherine | 1657 | Hamburg | Germany | |||
| thirty | 116 m | Freiburg münster | 1200 - 1513 | Freiburg | Germany | |||
| 31–32 | 115 m | Chartres Cathedral | 1194 - 1220 | Chartres | France | |||
| 31–32 | 115 m | Basílica del Voto Nacional | 1892 - 1901 | Quito | Ecuador | |||
| 33 | 114.67 m | Lubeck Cathedral | 1230 | Lubeck | Germany | |||
| 34 | 114.60 m | Basilica of St. Michael | 1869 | Bordeaux | France | |||
| 35–36 | 114.5 m | Church of St. Andrew | 1887 | Hildesheim | Germany | |||
| 35–36 | 114.5 m | Santa Maria del Fiore | 1296 - 1436 | Florence | Italy | |||
| 37 | 112.7 m | Amiens Cathedral | 1220 - 1528 | Amiens | France | |||
| 38 | 112 m [1] | Sagrada Familia | The construction of the temple began in 1882 and has not yet been completed. | since 1882 | Barcelona | Spain Catalonia |
Interesting Facts
- Lincoln Cathedral violated the 4000-year-old monopoly of the Cheops pyramid for the title of the tallest building on the planet.
- In the XVIII century, the spire of the St. Peter's Church in Riga was the tallest wooden structure in Europe .
See also
- List of the highest Orthodox churches and bell towers
Notes
- ↑ The height of the cathedral at the completion of construction (approximately in 2026) should reach 170 meters
Links
- Tallest Religous Structures in the World1 (link not available )
- Walter Born: Die hohen deutschen Kirchtürme , ISBN 3-7848-7010-4 , Hildesheim: Lax 1979. (List of the tallest churches in Germany)
- Ulm Cathedral (inaccessible link) - (in German)
- List of tallest bell towers in Italy - (in Italian)
- Basílica del Voto Nacional Expedition to Ecuador (in Russian)
- Basilica of St. Michael in Bordeaux (in Russian)