List of tallest church buildings in the world
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From the Middle Ages until the advent of the skyscraper, Christian church buildings were often the world's tallest buildings. Starting in 1311, when the spire of Lincoln Cathedral surpassed the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, until the Washington Monument was completed in 1884, a succession of church buildings held this title. If it is completed, Barcelona's Sagrada Familia will become the tallest church in the world, at 170 m (558 ft) tall.
This list does not include church buildings that incorporate a significant portion of space to non-church uses, such as the Chicago Temple Building. It does not include structures from other religions, although some may have taller elements. For example, the minaret of Casablanca's Hassan II Mosque is 210 m (689 ft) tall, making it the tallest religious edifice in the world.
The church buildings are ordered based on their tallest recorded height in history. Churches in italics and marked with H (for historical) either no longer exist or no longer stand to their original full height as listed. When the current shorter height still is significant, church buildings may be mentioned a second time on the list. To view the tallest present churches, click the sorting button in the H column.
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| Height metres (feet) | H | Name | Completion | City | Country | Comment |
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| 161.5 m (530 ft) | Ulm Minster | 1890 | Ulm |  Germany |
Largest Protestant Gothic church in Germany. Has 768 stairs going up to a height of 143 m. Spires were intended to be shorter, but height increased to outdo Cologne Cathedral. | |
| 159.7 m (524 ft) | H | Lincoln Cathedral | 1311 | Lincoln |  England |
today 83 m — spire collapsed in a storm in 1549; tallest building in the world from 1311 to 1549. Was 103 metres from 1549 to 1807. |
| 158.0 m (518 ft) | Our Lady of Peace Basilica | 1989 | Yamoussoukro |  Ivory Coast |
possibly the largest church in the world (disputed with St Peter's Basilica); world's tallest domed church, the dome being lower but the cross taller than that of St Peter's Basilica, Rome; tallest Roman Catholic church in the world; tallest church in Africa | |
| 157.4 m (516 ft) | Cologne Cathedral | 1880 | Cologne | Germany |
tallest building in the world from 1880 to 1884; largest Gothic church in Germany; tallest Roman Catholic cathedral in the world | |
| 153.0 m (502 ft) | H | Beauvais Cathedral[1] | 1569 | Beauvais |  France |
tower collapsed in 1573 |
| 151.0 m (495 ft) | H | St. Mary's church, Stralsund | 1478 | Stralsund | Germany |
today 104m — spire destroyed by lightning in 1647; tallest building in the world from 1625 to 1647 |
| 151.0 m (495 ft) | Rouen Cathedral | 1876 | Rouen | France |
tallest building in the world from 1876 to 1880; tallest church in France | |
| 150.0 m (493 ft) | H | Old St Paul's Cathedral | 1240 | London | England |
spire destroyed by lightning in 1561; whole cathedral destroyed in Great Fire of London in 1666 |
| 147.8 m (483 ft) | St. Nikolai, Hamburg | 1874 | Hamburg | Germany |
tallest building in the world from 1874 to 1876; rest of church destroyed in bombing in 1943 - only tower left standing | |
| 142.0 m (466 ft) | Strasbourg Cathedral | 1439 | Strasbourg | France |
tallest building in the world from 1647 to 1874, tallest 15th-century structure in the world | |
| 141.5 m (464 ft) | Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń | 2000 | Stary Licheń |  Poland |
largest church in Poland, seventh largest in Europe and eleventh largest in the world | |
| 138.0 m (452 ft) | St. Peter's Basilica | 1626 | Vatican City |  Vatican City |
largest church in the world both by area and volume | |
| 136.4 m (449 ft) | St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna | 1433 | Vienna |  Austria |
tallest church in Austria | |
| 136.0 m (446 ft) | H | St. Peter | 1491 | Riga |  Latvia |
tallest church in Baltic states, tower collapsed in 1666 and again in 1721; tower and roof damaged in World War II |
| 134.8 m (440 ft) | New Cathedral, Linz | 1924 | Linz | Austria |
biggest but not tallest church in Austria, two metres lower than Stephansdom since no building in Austria-Hungary was allowed to be higher than Stephansdom | |
| 134.5 m (441 ft) | H | Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Lambert | 1433 | Liège |  Belgium |
destroyed by the Liegeois in 1794 after the French Revolution |
| 132.2 m (436 ft) | St. Peter's Church, Hamburg | 1878 | Hamburg | Germany |
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| 132.1 m (433 ft) | St. Michaelis Church, Hamburg | 1786 | Hamburg | Germany |
the tallest 18th-century church in the world | |
| 131.3 m (431 ft) | H | Malmesbury Abbey | 1180 | Malmesbury | England |
spire collapsed in the late 15th or early 16th century |
| 130.6 m (428 ft) | St. Martin's Church, Landshut | 1500 | Landshut | Germany |
tallest brickwork structure in the world | |
| 130.0 m (426 ft) | H | St. Elisabeth's Church (Wrocław) | 1535 | Wrocław | Poland |
today 83m, spire collapsed in 1529 during storm |
| 129 m (423 ft) | Saint Joseph's Oratory | 1967 | Montreal |  Canada |
tallest church in the New World (The Americas) | |
| 125.4 m (410 ft) | St Jacobi | 1962 | Hamburg | Germany |
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| 125.0 m (410 ft) | St. Mary's Church, Lübeck | 1350 | Lübeck | Germany |
tallest church facade with two steeples finished in the Middle Ages and only overtaken in height by Cologne cathedral in 1880 | |
| 124.0 m (407 ft) | Cathedral of Maringá | 1972 | Maringá |  Brazil |
tallest church in Latin America | |
| 123.7 m (521.6 ft) | H | St. Olaf | 1500 | Tallinn |  Estonia |
Tallest in Estonia |
| 123.3 m (404 ft) | St. Peter | 1973 | Riga | Latvia |
once much taller; tallest church in Latvia | |
| 123.1 m (404 ft) | Cathedral of Saint Mary | 1315 | Salisbury | England |
tallest church spire in the United Kingdom, tallest 14th-century structure in the world. Also largest cathedral close in Britain (80 acres). | |
| 123.0 m (404 ft) | Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp) | 1521 | Antwerp | Belgium |
tallest church in the Low Countries | |
| 123.0 m (404 ft) | Peter and Paul Cathedral | 1733 | St. Petersburg |  Russia |
The world's tallest Orthodox belltower; since adjacent to the main temple, may be considered the tallest Orthodox church | |
| 122.3 m (400 ft) | H | Abbaye-aux-Hommes | 13th century | Caen | France |
spire replaced by a lower tower in the 17th century |
| 122.3 m (400 ft) | Church of Our Lady (Bruges) | 1465 | Bruges | Belgium |
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| 121.0 m (397 ft) | Basilica of San Gaudenzio | 1887 | Novara |  Italy |
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| 119.8 m (392 ft) | H | Cathedral Basilica of St James the Apostle | 1892 | Szczecin | Poland |
the cathedral's tower collapsed during a bombardment in 1944; nowadays it measures 110.18 m |
| 119.8 m (392 ft) | Riverside Church | 1930 | New York City |  United States |
Tallest Church in the United States of America | |
| 118.7 m (390 ft) | Uppsala Domkyrka | 1435 | Uppsala |  Sweden |
largest church in Scandinavia | |
| 118.3 m (387 ft) | H | Cathedral | 1468 | Metz | France |
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| 117.5 m (385 ft) | Schwerin Cathedral | 1892 | Schwerin | Germany |
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| 117.0 m (384 ft) | St. Peter's Church, Rostock | 1577 | Rostock | Germany |
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| 116.7 m (377 ft) | St. Catherine's Church, Hamburg | 1657 | Hamburg | Germany |
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| 116.5 m (381 ft) | H | Berlin Cathedral | 1905 | Berlin | Germany |
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| 116.0 m (381 ft) | Freiburg Minster | 1330 | Freiburg | Germany |
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| 115.0 m (375 ft) | Chartres Cathedral | 1514 | Chartres | France |
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| 115.0 m (376 ft) | Basílica del Voto Nacional | 1988 | Quito |  Ecuador |
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| 114.8 m (376 ft) | H | Collegiate church of St. Mary Magdalene [2] | 14th or 15th century | Poznań | Poland |
Destroyed in a fire in 1777, finally demolished in 1802 |
| 114.7 m (376 ft) | Lübeck Cathedral | 1341 | Lübeck | Germany |
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| 114.6 m (374 ft) | Basilica of St. Michael, Bordeaux | 1492 | Bordeaux | France |
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| 114.5 m (376 ft) | Florence Cathedral | 1434 | Florence | Italy |
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| 114.5 m (376 ft) | St. Andrew's Church, Hildesheim | 1890 | Hildesheim | Germany |
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| 114.0 m (295 ft) | Roskilde Cathedral | 1405 | Roskilde |  Denmark |
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| 114.0 m (295 ft) | Orléans Cathedral | 1345 | Orléans | France |
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| 113.0 m (371 ft) | Catedral de Manizales | 1901 | Manizales |  Colombia |
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| 113.0 m (371 ft) | H | Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church | 1895 | Berlin | Germany |
spire damaged in World War II, current height 71 m |
| 112.7 m (367 ft) | Notre-Dame Cathedral | 1549 | Amiens | France |
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| 112.3 m (369 ft) | Domtoren | 1382 | Utrecht |  Netherlands |
the cathedral's nave collapsed during a storm in 1674 | |
| 112.3 m (370 ft) | Torrazzo of Cremona | 1309 | Cremona | Italy |
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| 112.0 m (390 ft) | H | Reinoldikirche | 1520 | Dortmund | Germany |
Built in 1454 with 112 m (367 ft), collapsed in earthquake 1661, now 104 m (340 ft) |
| 112.0 m (367 ft) | Cathedral of La Plata | 1932/2000 | La Plata |  Argentina |
designated cathedral in 1932, towers finished in 2000 | |
| 112.0 m (367 ft) | Saint Jacob's Church | 1894 | Lübeck | Germany |
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| 111.3 m (366 ft) | St. Paul's Cathedral | 1710 | London | England |
tallest building in London until 1962 | |
| 111.2 m (367 ft) | Schleswig Cathedral | 1894 | Schleswig | Germany |
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| 110.18 m (363 ft) | Cathedral Basilica of St James the Apostle | 1892 | Szczecin | Poland |
in 1892 - 1944 it measured 119.8 m; until 2008 it was 67 m | |
| 110 m (360 ft) | H | Pieterskerk, Leiden | 1570 | Leiden | Netherlands |
today towerless — tower collapsed in 1512 |
| 110 m (360 ft) | H | Our Lady Of Lebanon | 1992 | Juniyah |  Lebanon |
Tallest Church in the Middle East |
| 110 m (360 ft) | H | St. John's Church, Lüneburg | 1384 | Lüneberg | Germany |
today 108.7 m — spire partially destroyed by lightning in 1406 |
| 110 m (360 ft) | H | Catedral Nueva | 1733 | Salamanca |  Spain |
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| 109.6 m (361 ft) | Herz-Jesu-Kirche | 1891 | Graz | Austria |
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| 108.8 m (357 ft) | Nieuwe Kerk (Delft) | 1496 | Delft | Netherlands |
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| 108.7 m (357 ft) | St. John's Church, Lüneburg | 1408 | Lüneburg | Germany |
once slightly taller; spire rebuilt from 1406 to 1408 | |
| 108.5 m (350 ft) | Milan Cathedral | 1886 | Milan | Italy |
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| 108.4 m (355 ft) | Zagreb Cathedral | 1880 | Zagreb |  Croatia |
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| 108.2 m (367 ft) | Saint Peter's Church | 1894 | Lübeck | Germany |
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| 107.5 m (352.7 ft) | Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe | 2008 | Zamora de Hidalgo |  Mexico |
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| 107.20 m (352 ft) | St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Mostar | 1999 | Mostar |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
tallest church in Southeast Europe | |
| 107 m (351 ft) | Linköping Cathedral | 1886 | Linköping | Sweden |
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| 106.0 m (348 ft) | Alessandria Cathedral | 1885 | Alessandria | Italy |
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| 106.0 m (348 ft) | Sanctuary of the Black Madonna | 1900 | Częstochowa | Poland |
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| 106 m (348 ft) | Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Luján | 1935 | Luján | Argentina |
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| 106.0 m (348 ft) | St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre | 1957 | Le Havre | France |
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| 106.0 m (348 ft) | Resurrection Cathedral, Shuya | 1832 | Shuya | Russia |
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| 105.0 m (344 ft) | Bayeux Cathedral | 1866 | Bayeux | France |
estimated height; cathedral itself is mostly 12th and 13th century | |
| 105.0 m (344 ft) | St. Petri Church | 1322 | Dortmund | Germany |
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| 105.0 m (344 ft) | St. Catherine's Church, Hoogstraten | 1550 | Hoogstraten | Belgium |
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| 105.0 m (344 ft) | St Petri | 1310 | Malmö | Sweden |
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| 105.0 m (344 ft) | St. Patrick's Cathedral | 1939 | Melbourne |  Australia |
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| 105.0 m (344 ft) | Cathedral of Christ the Saviour | 2000 | Moscow | Russia |
reconstruction; original cathedral consecrated 1883 and demolished by Soviets in 1931; still the tallest Eastern Orthodox Church church in the world | |
| 105.0 m (344 ft) | Les Invalides | 1706 | Paris | France |
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| 105.0 m (344 ft) | Regensburg Cathedral | 1856 | Regensburg | Germany |
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| 105.0 m (344 ft) | Sankta Klara | 1888 | Stockholm | Sweden |
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| 105.0 m (344 ft) | St. Nicholas' Church, Tallinn | 1696 | Tallinn | Estonia |
cathedral itself dates from 1275 | |
| 104.5 m (342 ft) | Archcathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaw | 1912 | Łódź | Poland |
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| 104.0 m (341 ft) | Cathedral of Magdeburg | 1520 | Magdeburg | Germany |
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| 104.0 m (340 ft) | Cathedral | 1568 | Seville | Spain |
Tallest cathedral in Spain
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| 104.0 m (340 ft) | Reinoldikirche | 1954 | Dortmund | Germany |
was 119 m (390 ft) from 1520 until 1661 | |
| 103.3 m (339 ft) | St. Patrick's Cathedral | 1878 | New York City | United States |
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| 103.0 m (338 ft) | St. Stanislaw and St. Waclaw | 1496 | Świdnica | Poland |
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| 103.0 m (338 ft) | Katharinenkirche | 1430 | Osnabrück | Germany |
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| 103 m (338 ft) | H | Cathedral | 1549 | Lincoln | England |
today 83 m — spire collapsed in 1549; tallest building in the world from 1311 to 1549. Was 103 metres from 1549 to 1807. |
| 102.8 m (337 ft) | St. Vitus Cathedral | 1554 | Prague |  Czech Republic |
spire was rebuilt after fire in 1541 (top of the spire rebuilt again in 1770), according some sources pre-fire spire, built in 1402, was 156.5 m tall[3] | |
| 102.6 m (337 ft) | St. Mary | 1854 | Chojna | Poland |
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| 102.3 m (336 ft) | St. Martin's Cathedral, Ypres | 20th century | Ypres | Belgium |
almost exact replica of the medieval church destroyed during the First World War. This is a proto-cathedral | |
| 102.3 m (335 ft) | St. Bartholomew | 1600 | Plzeň | Czech Republic |
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| 102.0 m (334 ft) | H | Martinikerk (Groningen) (tower called Martinitoren) | 1548 | Groningen | Netherlands |
spire burned down in 1577, now 97 m in height |
| 101.8 m (334 ft) | Saint Isaac's Cathedral | 1858 | St. Petersburg | Russia |
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| 101.0 m (331 ft) | Bielawa | 1335 | Bielawa | Poland |
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| 101.0 m (331 ft) | Liverpool Cathedral | 1978 | Liverpool | England |
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| 100.7 m (330 ft) | Saint Wenceslas Cathedral | 1892 | Olomouc | Czech Republic |
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| 100.0 m (328 ft) | Gedächtniskirche | 1904 | Speyer | Germany |
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| 100.0 m (328 ft) | Münster of Bern | 1893 | Bern |  Switzerland |
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| 100.0 m (328 ft) | São Paulo Cathedral | 1954 | São Paulo | Brazil |
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| 100.0 m (328 ft) | Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception | 1959 | Washington, DC | United States |
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| 100.0 m (328 ft) | Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida | 1980 | Aparecida | Brazil |
Steeple at 100.0 m | |
| 100.0 m (328 ft) | Basilica | 1869 | Esztergom |  Hungary |
still the tallest building in Hungary | |
| 99.5 m (326 ft) | Saint Vincent | 1883 | Eeklo | Belgium |
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| 99.5 m (326 ft) | Munich Frauenkirche | 1525 | Munich | Germany |
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| 99.0 m (325 ft) | St. John | 1892 | Stargard Szczeciński | Poland |
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| 99.0 m (325 ft) | Votive Church, Vienna | 1879 | Vienna | Austria |
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| 98.0 m (322 ft) | Marktkirche | 1862 | Wiesbaden | Germany |
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| 98.0 m (322 ft) | Bremen Cathedral | 1893 | Bremen | Germany |
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| 98.0 m (322 ft) | Onze-Lieve-Vrouwentoren | 15th century | Amersfoort | Netherlands |
rest of church accidentally blown up in 1797 | |
| 98.0 m (322 ft) | Sint-Vituskerk | 1890 | Hilversum | Netherlands |
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| 98.0 m (322 ft) | St. Martin | 1534 | Amberg | Germany |
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| 97.8 m (321 ft) | Nidaros Cathedral | 1300 | Trondheim |  Norway |
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| 97.3 m (319 ft) | St. Rumbold's Cathedral | 1520 | Mechelen | Belgium |
the tower was supposed to be 167 m (+ 545 ft) tall, but the money ran out. | |
| 97.3 m (319 ft) | Marktkirche | 14th century | Hannover | Germany |
Rebuilt after World War II in 1952 | |
| 97.0 m (318 ft) | Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi | 2004 | Tbilisi |  Georgia |
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| 97.0 m (318 ft) | Pavia Cathedral | 1885 | Pavia | Italy |
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| 97.0 m (318 ft) | Temple Saint-Étienne | 1866 | Mulhouse | France |
Tallest Protestant church in France | |
| 97.0 m (318 ft) | Grote Kerk[4] | 1547 | Breda | Netherlands |
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| 96.9 m (318 ft) | Martinikerk (Groningen) (tower called Martinitoren | 1627 | Groningen | Netherlands |
spire burned down in 1577, was c. 100 tall | |
| 96.6 m (317 ft) | Agricola Church | 1935 | Helsinki |  Finland |
tallest church in Finland | |
| 96.2 m (315.10 ft) | Cathedral | 1884 | Clermont-Ferrand | France |
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| 96.0 m (315 ft) | Basilica-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar | 1681 | Zaragoza | Spain |
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| 96.0 m (315 ft) | Basilica of St. Anthony | 1906 | Rybnik | Poland |
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| 96.0 m (315 ft) | Norwich Anglican Cathedral | 1480 | Norwich | England |
the tallest building in the city of Norwich, UK | |
| 96.0 m (315 ft) | Aarhus Cathedral | 1500 | Aarhus | Denmark |
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| 96.0 m (315 ft) | Kreuzkirche | 1788 | Dresden | Germany |
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| 96.0 m (315 ft) | Church of Donaufeld | 1914 | Floridsdorf | Austria |
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| 96.0 m (315 ft) | St. Stephen's Basilica | 1905 | Budapest | Hungary |
still the tallest building in Budapest | |
| 96.0 m (315 ft) | St. Paul's Cathedral | 1931 | Melbourne | Australia |
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| 95.7 m (314 ft) | German Church, Stockholm | 1884 | Stockholm | Sweden |
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| 95.1 m (312 ft) | Frauenkirche | 1743 | Dresden | Germany |
destroyed by bombing in 1945 and rededicated in 2005 | |
| 95.1 m (312 ft) | Kaiserdom | 1877 | Frankfurt | Germany |
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| 94.1 m (309 ft) | Church of St. Walburge, Preston | 1866 | Preston | England |
The tallest parish church in the UK | |
| 94.0 m (309 ft) | Martinikerk (Doesburg) | 1430 | Doesburg | Netherlands |
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| 93.8 m (308 ft) | Kreuzkirche | 1800 | Dresden | Germany |
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| 93.8 m (308 ft) | St. John's Cathedral | 1861 | Limerick |  Ireland |
Tallest church spire in Ireland | |
| 93.8 m (308 ft) | Paderborn Cathedral | 13th century | Paderborn | Germany |
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| 93.72 m (308 ft) | Peter and Paul Church | 1767 | Porechye | Russia |
Tallest rural belltower in Russia | |
| 93.5 m (307 ft) | Church of the Savior on Blood | 1907 | St. Petersburg | Russia |
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| 93.5 m (307 ft) | St. Ulrich und Afra | 1594 | Augsburg | Germany |
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| 93.4 m (306.5 ft) | Cathedral of Saint Paul, National Shrine of the Apostle Paul | 1915 | St. Paul | United States |
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| 92.9 m (305 ft) | St Eusebius' Church, Arnhem | 1965 | Arnhem | Netherlands |
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| 92.9 m (305 ft) | St. James' Cathedral | 1853 | Toronto | Canada |
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| 92.7 m (304 ft) | Nicolaikirche | 1895 | Lüneburg | Germany |
church built from 1407 to 1440, new spire built from 1831 to 1895 | |
| 92.6 m (303 ft) | Grote of Sint-Jacobskerk (The Hague) | 1424 | The Hague | Netherlands |
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| 92.6 m (303 ft) | Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church | 1973 | Fort Lauderdale | United States |
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| 92.3 m (302 ft) | Cathedral | 1792 | Murcia | Spain |
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| 92.0 m (302 ft) | New Cathedral | 1733 | Salamanca | Spain |
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| 92.0 m (302 ft) | Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt | 1505 | Schlanders | Italy |
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| 92.0 m (302 ft) | Church of St. James | 1592 | Brno | Czech Republic |
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| 91.7 m (300 ft) | National Cathedral | 1990 | Washington, DC | United States |
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| 91.7 m (300 ft) | St. Francis de Sales Church (St. Louis, Missouri) | 1908 | St. Louis | United States |
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| 91.7 m (300 ft) | Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | 1923 | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | Canada |
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| 91.1 m (299 ft) | Sint-Jacobuskerk | 1878 | The Hague | Netherlands |
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| 91.1 m (299 ft) | St. Andreas | 13th century | Braunschweig | Germany |
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| 91.0 m (300 ft) | Cathedral of Hope (Pittsburgh) | 1935 | Pittsburgh | United States |
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| 91.0 m (300 ft) | St. Mary's Basilica | 1884 | Kevelaer | Germany |
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| 90.5 m (297 ft) | Lange Jan | 1300 | Middelburg | Netherlands |
the tower was rebuilt after destruction by Luftwaffe bombings in 1940 | |
| 90.5 m (297 ft) | Cathedral | 1494 | Canterbury | England |
cathedral itself dates from 1077 | |
| 90.0 m (295 ft) | Notre Dame de Paris | 1345 | Paris | France |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | Cathedral of Toledo | 1440 | Toledo | Spain |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | Coventry Cathedral | 1433 | Coventry | England |
the spire was the only part of the cathedral that survived intact when it was bombed in 1940 | |
| 90.0 m (295 ft) | St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh | 1919 | Cobh | Ireland |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | Cathedral of Santa Eulalia | 15th century | Barcelona | Spain |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | Cathedral | 1776 | Riga | Latvia |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | Neue evangelische Garnisonkirche | 1897 | Berlin | Germany |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | St. Nikolajs | 1829 | Copenhagen | Denmark |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral | 1917 | Edinburgh |  Scotland |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | St. James' Church | 1515 | Louth | England |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | Garnisonkirche St. Martin | 1900 | Dresden | Germany |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | Georgskirche | 1501 | Nördlingen | Germany |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | El Escorial | 1584 | San Lorenzo de El Escorial | Spain |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | Abbaye-aux-Hommes | 13th century | Caen | France |
formerly much taller | |
| 90.0 m (295 ft) | Saint-Eloi | 15th century | Dunkirk | France |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | Basilica of the Sacred Heart | 1971 | Brussels | Belgium |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | Co-cathedral | 1898 | Osijek | Croatia |
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| 90.0 m (295 ft) | La Seo Cathedral | 1704 | Zaragoza | Spain |
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| 89.9 m (294 ft) | Vor Frelsers Kirke | 1696 | Copenhagen | Denmark |
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| 89.3 m (292 ft) | St. Bavo's Cathedral | 1538 | Ghent | Belgium |
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| 89.3 m (292 ft) | St Mary Redcliffe | 1872 | Bristol | England |
the previous spire collapsed in a storm in the 1440s | |
| 88.9 m (291 ft) | Votive Temple of Maipú | 1974 | Maipu |  Chile |
Tallest Church in Chile | |
| 88.7 m (290 ft) | Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King | 1967 | Liverpool | England |
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| 88.5 m (290 ft) | St. Peter and St. Paul's Church | 1500 | Čáslav | Czech Republic |
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| 88.3 m (289 ft) | Peterskirche | 1885 | Leipzig | Germany |
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| 88.3 m (288 ft) | Washington Temple | 1974 | Kensington | United States |
tallest LDS temple | |
| 88.0 m (288 ft) | Cathedral | 1558 | Segovia | Spain |
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| 88.0 m (288 ft) | Cathedral | 1400 | Burgos | Spain |
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| 88.0 m (288 ft) | Pfarrkirche St. Stephan | 1725 | Stockerau | Austria |
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| 87.7 m (287 ft) | Dreikönigskirche | 1857 | Dresden | Germany |
completely destroyed in the 1945 bombing and now rebuilt | |
| 87.1 m (285 ft) | Cathedral | 1787 | Orléans | France |
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| 87.1 m (285 ft) | Saint-Epvre | 1872 | Nancy | France |
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| 87.0 m (285 ft) | INC Central Temple | 1984 | Quezon City |  Philippines |
tallest church in Metro Manila | |
| 87.0 m (285 ft) | Kostol Nanebovzatia Panny Márie | 14th century | Spišská Nová Ves |  Slovakia |
tallest church in Slovakia | |
| 87.0 m (285 ft) | Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo | 1977 | Bendigo | Australia |
Tallest provincial Australian church | |
| 87.0 m (285 ft) | Stadtpfarrkirche St. Stephan, Braunau | 1759 | Braunau | Austria |
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| 87.0 m (285 ft) | Cathedral of the Assumption | 1852 | Louisville | United States |
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| 86.8 m (284 ft) | Westminster Cathedral | 1903 | London | England |
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| 86.5 m (283 ft) | H | Schlosskirche | 1897 | Chemnitz | Germany |
destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt considerably lower |
| 86.2 m (282 ft) | Liebfrauenkirche | 1651 | Bremen | Germany |
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| 86.2 m (282 ft) | St. Wulfram's Church | 1450 | Grantham | England |
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| 86.2 m (282 ft) | Aegidienkirche | 1840 | Lübeck | Germany |
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| 86.2 m (282 ft) | St. James's Cathedral | 1225 | Riga | Latvia |
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| 86.2 m (282 ft) | Marienkirche | 1903 | Mühlhausen | Germany |
largest parish church in Thuringia | |
| 86.2 m (282 ft) | Jakobskirche | 16th century | Straubing | Germany |
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| 86.2 m (282 ft) | Saint-Ouen | 1851 | Rouen | France |
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| 86.0 m (282 ft) | Lambertikirche | 1887 | Oldenburg | Germany |
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| 86.0 m (282 ft) | St. Catherine Church | 1897 | Toruń | Poland |
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| 86.0 m (282 ft) | St. Georg | 1904 | Ulm | Germany |
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| 85.9 m (281 ft) | Hofkirche | 1755 | Dresden | Germany |
elevated to cathedral status in 1980; the largest church in Saxony | |
| 85.9 m (281 ft) | Cathedral of St. Joseph | 1962 | Hartford | United States |
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| 85.9 m (281 ft) | Turku Cathedral | 1834 | Turku | Finland |
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| 85.9 m (281 ft) | St. Elphin's Church | 1860s | Warrington | England |
church itself dates from 1354 | |
| 85.9 m (281 ft) | Trinity Church | 1846 | New York City | United States |
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| 85.6 m (280 ft) | H | Basilica of St Denis | 1281 | Saint-Denis | France |
now considerably shorter |
| 85.6 m (280 ft) | Berlin Cathedral | 1993 | Berlin | Germany |
reconstructed after World War II; formerly considerably taller | |
| 85.3 m (279 ft) | Westerkerk | 1638 | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
largest Protestant church in the Netherlands | |
| 85.3 m (279 ft) | Johanneskirche | 1881 | Düsseldorf | Germany |
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| 85.3 m (279 ft) | Saint-Esprit | 1931 | Paris | France |
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| 85.0 m (278 ft) | St Mary Abbots | 1879 | London | England |
tallest church spire in London | |
| 85.0 m (278 ft) | Saint-Nicolas | 1850 | Nantes | France |
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| 85.0 m (278 ft) | St. Martin's Cathedral | 14th century | Bratislava | Slovakia |
tallest church in Bratislava | |
| 85.0 m (278 ft) | Église Saint-Maurice | 1893 | Strasbourg | France |
estimated height | |
| 84.0 m (275 ft) | Málaga Cathedral | 1782 | Málaga | Spain |
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| 84.0 m (275 ft) | Cathedral | 1882 | Đakovo | Croatia |
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| 83.8 m (275 ft) | St. Paul's Cathedral | 1888 | Buffalo | United States |
height of large bell tower | |
| 83.7 m (274 ft) | Orthodox Cathedral | 1946 | Timişoara |  Romania |
tallest church in Romania | |
| 83.5 m (274 ft) | St. Mary's Church | 1292 | Stargard Szczeciński | Poland |
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| 83.3 m (273 ft) | La Basilique du Sacré-Coeur | 1910 | Paris | France |
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| 83 m (272 ft) | Cathedral | 1807 | Lincoln | England |
today 83 m — spire collapsed in 1549; tallest building in the world from 1311 to 1549. Was 103 metres from 1549 to 1807. | |
| 82.9 m (272 ft) | St Botolph's Church, Boston | 1520 | Boston | England |
tallest parish church tower (as opposed to spire) in England | |
| 82.0 m (269 ft) | H | Mosque | 1198 | Seville | Spain |
Badly damaged by the 1356 earthquake. Replaced by a new Christian church, Seville Cathedral, between 1402 and 1506. |
| 82.0 m (269 ft) | Chichester Cathedral | 1863 | Chichester | England |
rebuilding of an earlier, slightly lower, spire that collapsed in 1861 | |
| 82.0 m (269 ft) | St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk | 1502 | Gdańsk | Poland |
the largest brick church in the world; the tower was never completed | |
| 82.0 m (269 ft) | Cathedral of Saint Sava | 2004 | Belgrade |  Serbia |
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| 81.0 m (266 ft) | St. Peter Cathedral | 1893 | Erie | United States |
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| 80.8 m (265 ft) | Our Lady of Zahle and The Bekaa Valley | 1905 | Zahle, Lebanon | Lebanon |
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| 80.7 m (265 ft) | Fort Street Presbyterian Church | 1855 | Detroit | United States |
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| 80.7 m (265 ft) | St. Anthony's Church | 1894 | Toledo | United States |
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| 80.6 m (264 ft) | Saint Lambert Church | 1863 | Veghel | Netherlands |
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| 80.0 m (262 ft) | Gouwekerk | 1904 | Gouda | Netherlands |
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| 80.0 m (262 ft) | St. Michael's Church | 1487 | Cluj-Napoca | Romania |
The tower was built between 1511–1543, but was destroyed by fire in 1697. A second tower was built in 1744, also destroyed in 1763. The present neo-Gothic tower was built between 1837-1860. | |
| 80.0 m (262 ft) | St. Mary's Basilica | 1406 | Kraków | Poland |
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| 79.01m (260 ft) | Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours | 1929 | Thrissur |  India |
The 3rd tallest church in Asia | |
| 79.0 m (259 ft) | Anykščiai Church | 1908 | Anykščiai |  Lithuania |
tallest church in Lithuania | |
| 79.0 m (259 ft) | Los Angeles California Temple | 1956 | Los Angeles | United States |
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| 78.1 m (256 ft) | St. Anthony of Padua Church | 1912 | New Bedford | United States |
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| 78.1 m (256 ft) | Heinz Memorial Chapel | 1938 | Pittsburgh | United States |
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| 78 m (255.9 ft) | Albi Cathedral | 1480 | Albi | France |
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| 78 m (255 ft) | St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church | 1872 | Charleston | United States |
tallest building in Charleston, tallest building in South Carolina for 101 years, and tallest church in South Carolina designed by John Henry Devereux | |
| 78 m (255 ft) | Church of the Assumption | 1888 | Bratislava | Slovakia |
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| 77 m (253 ft) | Michael's Church | 1905 | Turku | Finland |
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| 76.8 m (252 ft) | Lichfield Cathedral | 1340 | Lichfield | England |
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| 76.2 m (250 ft) | Basilica of Saint Mary | 1914 | Minneapolis | United States |
The first basilica established in the United States of America | |
| 76 m (249 ft) | Église Saint-Paul | 1897 | Strasbourg | France |
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| 76 m (249 ft) | St Theobald's Church, Thann | 1516 | Thann | France |
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| 75.6 m (248 ft) | Igreja dos Clérigos | 1763 | Porto |  Portugal |
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| 75.0 m (246 ft) | Saint Michael's Church | 1890 | Rochester | United States |
Under construction [edit]
This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
| Planned height metres (feet) | Name | Completion | City | Country | Comment |
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| 170.0 m (557.8 ft) | Sagrada Família | est. 2026 | Barcelona | Spain |
The tallest church in the world. |
| 120.0 m (393.7 ft) | Romanian People's Salvation Cathedral | est. 2015 | Bucharest | Romania |
Will become the tallest Orthodox church in the world if completed. |
Timeline [edit]
Further information: History of the tallest buildings in the world#Churches and cathedrals
See also [edit]
- List of tallest Orthodox churches
- List of largest church buildings in the world
- List of highest church naves
- Timeline of three tallest structures in the world
References [edit]
- ^ Emporis site about this structure
- ^ http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&u=http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolegiata_%25C5%259Bw._Marii_Magdaleny_w_Poznaniu&ei=6guLSo3EOJOKnQOJ-biaBA&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DKolegiata%2B%25C5%259Bw.%2BMarii%2BMagdaleny%2Bw%2BPoznaniu%2B-%2Bwikipedia%2Bwolna%2Bencyklopedia%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:pl:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ASUS_pl___PL331
- ^ Bellman, Karel (1882). Průvodčí po Praze a okolí města (in Czech). p. 63.
- ^ Grote Kerk - SkyscraperPage.com
- ^ a b http://www.zoekenvindalles.nl/topics/Hoogste%20Kerktorens%20Kerktoren%20Nederland/174
- ^ http://www.blumental.sk/casopis-blumental/2008/09/nas-kostol-nasa-farnost/
History of St. Anthony's Parish, Toledo, Ohio, Anno Domini 1957, F.S. Legowski NRHP certification #71000424
