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List of tallest church buildings

Index List of tallest church buildings

From the Middle Ages until the advent of the skyscraper, Christian church buildings were often the world's tallest buildings. [1]

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Architecture of metropolitan Detroit

The architecture of metropolitan Detroit continues to attract the attention of architects and preservationists alike.

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Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours, Thrissur

Our Lady of Dolours Basilica alias Puthanpally (Malayalam: പുത്തൻപള്ളി, meaning: New Church) is a minor basilica of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Thrissur City in the Indian state of Kerala.

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Basilica of Our Lady of Peace

The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace (Basilique Notre-Dame de la Paix) is a Catholic minor basilica dedicated to Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, the administrative capital of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast).

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Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church which contains the seat of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate.

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Cathedral of La Plata

The Cathedral of La Plata in La Plata, Argentina, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, is the 58th tallest church in the world.

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Cathedral of Maringá

Catedral Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora da Glória (or simply Catedral de Maringá Cathedral of Maringá) is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in downtown Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, reaching 124 m in height.

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Christianity in Kerala

Christianity is the third-most practised religion in Kerala, accounting for 18% of the population according to the Indian census.

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Church (building)

A church building or church house, often simply called a church, is a building used for Christian religious activities, particularly for worship services.

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Church of Saint Sava

The Church of Saint Sava (Храм светог Саве/Hram svetog Save, literal translation into English: "The Temple of Saint Sava") is a Serbian Orthodox church located on the Vračar plateau in Belgrade.

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Church of St Walburge, Preston

St Walburge's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Preston, Lancashire, England, northwest of the city centre on Weston Street.

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Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany.

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Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church is a Christian megachurch within the Presbyterian Church in America located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

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Dom Tower of Utrecht

The Dom Tower (Cathedral Tower, Dutch: Domtoren) of Utrecht is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands, at 112.5 metres (368 feet) in height, and the Gothic-style tower is the symbol of the city.

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Fort Street Presbyterian Church (Detroit)

The Fort Street Presbyterian Church is located at 631 West Fort Street in Detroit, Michigan.

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Grantham

Grantham is a town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Hildesheim

Hildesheim (Eastphalian: Hilmessen) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 103,804 inhabitants.

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History of the world's tallest buildings

The tallest building in the world as of is Burj Khalifa.

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Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi

The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi (თბილისის წმინდა სამების საკათედრო ტაძარი Tbilisis cminda samebis sakatedro tadzari) commonly known as Sameba (სამების ლავრა for Trinity) is the main cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church located in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.

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John Henry Devereux

John Henry Devereux (26 July 1840 – 16 March 1920), also called John Delorey before 1860,1860 Census Place is Moultrieville, Charleston, South Carolina.

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Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)

Lincoln is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Karen Lee, a Labour Party politician.

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Lincoln Cathedral

Lincoln Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, and sometimes St.

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List of buildings and structures

This is a list of buildings and nonbuilding structures.

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List of cathedrals in England and Wales

This is a list of cathedrals in England and Wales and the Crown Dependencies of the Isle of Man, Gibraltar and those in the Channel Islands, by country.

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List of cathedrals in Sweden

The following is a list of cathedrals in Sweden.

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List of highest church naves

The nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church, in Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture.

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List of longest church buildings

This article lists the longest church buildings in the world as measured by various criteria.

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List of Presbyterian churches in the United States

This is a list of notable Presbyterian churches in the United States, where a church is notable either as a congregation or as a building.

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List of tallest Eastern Orthodox church buildings

This is a list of tallest Orthodox church buildings in the world, all those higher than 70 metres.

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List of tallest towers

This is a list of extant towers that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, meant for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are self-supporting or free-standing, which means no guy-wires for support." The definition means the exclusion from this list of continuously habitable buildings and skyscrapers as well as radio and TV masts.

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Lists of cathedrals

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.

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Liverpool Cathedral

Liverpool Cathedral is the Church of England Cathedral of the Diocese of Liverpool, built on St James's Mount in Liverpool and is the seat of the Bishop of Liverpool.

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Manizales

Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia.

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Metz Cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Stephen of Metz (French: Cathédrale Saint Étienne de Metz), also known as Metz Cathedral, is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in Metz, capital of Lorraine, France.

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Notre Dame de Lourdes Church (Fall River, Massachusetts)

Notre Dame de Lourdes is a former Roman Catholic parish in Fall River, Massachusetts.

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Old St Paul's Cathedral

Old St Paul's Cathedral was the medieval cathedral of the City of London that, until 1666, stood on the site of the present St Paul's Cathedral.

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Oscar's Church

Oscar's Church (Oscarskyrkan) is one of the major churches in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Riverside Church

Riverside Church is a Christian church in Morningside Heights, Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Romanian People's Salvation Cathedral

The People's Salvation Cathedral (Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului) is the common name used to refer to a future Romanian Orthodox cathedral currently under construction in Bucharest.

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Rouen Cathedral

Rouen Cathedral (primatiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen) is a Roman Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France.

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Sagrada Família

The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia; Expiatory Church of the Holy Family) is a large unfinished Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926).

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Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England, and one of the leading examples of Early English architecture.

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Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast

Shuya (p) is the third largest town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia; located on the Teza River.

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St John's Cathedral (Limerick)

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St. Andreas, Hildesheim

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St. Anthony of Padua Church (New Bedford, Massachusetts)

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St. Elizabeth's Church, Wrocław

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St. Georges Church Kvirike

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St. John's Church, Lüneburg

The Church of John the Baptist (Germ. St. Johannis or Johanniskirche) is the oldest Lutheran church in Lüneburg, Germany.

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St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church

The German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Charleston, South Carolina, was incorporated on December 3, 1840.

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St. Michael's Church, Hamburg

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St. Olaf's Church, Tallinn

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St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna

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Stephansplatz, Vienna

The Stephansplatz is a square at the geographical centre of Vienna.

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Strasbourg Cathedral

Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, or Cathédrale de Strasbourg, Liebfrauenmünster zu Straßburg or Straßburger Münster), also known as Strasbourg Minster, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Strasbourg, Alsace, France.

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Tallinn

Tallinn (or,; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Estonia.

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The Church of the Three Bishops of Kobuleti

The Church of the Three Bishops, (Georgian: სამი მღვდელმთავრის სახელობის ეკლესია) St.

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Transfiguration Cathedral

Transfiguration Cathedral or Cathedral of the Transfiguration may refer to.

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Turku Cathedral

Turku Cathedral (Turun tuomiokirkko, Åbo domkyrka) is the previous catholic cathedral of Finland, today the Mother Church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

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Ulm Minster

Ulm Minster (Ulmer Münster) is a Lutheran church located in Ulm, State of Baden-Württemberg (Germany).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_church_buildings

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