List of Tallest Church Buildings in The World - Complete

Complete

Height metres (feet) H
 Name Completion City Country Comment
7002161500000000000161.5 m (530 ft) Ulm Minster &1890 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.
7002159690000000000159.7 m (524 ft) H Lincoln Cathedral &1311 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.
7002159000000000000159 m (521.6 ft) H St. Olaf &1500 1500 Tallinn Estonia today 123.7 m; tallest building in the world from 1549 to 1625; tallest church in the Baltic States
7002158000000000000158.0 m (518 ft) Our Lady of Peace Basilica &1989 1989 Yamoussoukro Ivory Coast possible 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
7002157400000000000157.4 m (516 ft) Cologne Cathedral &1880 1880 Cologne Germany tallest building in the world from 1880 to 1884; largest Gothic church in Germany; tallest Roman Catholic cathedral in the world
7002153000000000000153.0 m (502 ft) H Beauvais Cathedral &1569 1569 Beauvais France tower collapsed in 1573
7002151000000000000151.0 m (495 ft) H St. Mary's church, Stralsund &1478 1478 Stralsund Germany today 104m - spire destroyed by lightning in 1647; tallest building in the world from 1625 to 1647
7002151000000000000151.0 m (495 ft) Rouen Cathedral &1876 1876 Rouen France tallest building in the world from 1876 to 1880; tallest church in France
7002150000000000000150.0 m (493 ft) H Old St Paul's Cathedral &1240 1240 London England spire destroyed by lightning in 1561; whole cathedral destroyed in Great Fire of London in 1666
7002147800000000000147.8 m (483 ft) St. Nikolai, Hamburg &1874 1874 Hamburg Germany tallest building in the world from 1874 to 1876; rest of church destroyed in bombing in 1943 - only tower left standing
7002142000000000000142.0 m (466 ft) Strasbourg Cathedral &1439 1439 Strasbourg France tallest building in the world from 1647 to 1874, tallest 15th century structure in the world
7002141500000000000141.5 m (464 ft) Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń &2000 2000 Stary Licheń Poland largest church in Poland, seventh largest in Europe and eleventh largest in the world
7002138000000000000138.0 m (452 ft) St. Peter's Basilica &1626 1626 Vatican City Vatican City largest church in the world both by area and volume
7002136400000000000136.4 m (449 ft) St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna &1433 1433 Vienna Austria tallest church in Austria
7002136000000000000136.0 m (446 ft) H St. Peter &1491 1491 Riga Latvia tower collapsed in 1666 and again in 1721; tower and roof damaged in World War II
7002134800000000000134.8 m (440 ft) New Cathedral, Linz &1924 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
7002134500000000000134.5 m (441 ft) H Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Lambert &1433 1433 Liège Belgium destroyed by the Liegeois in 1794 after the French Revolution
7002132190000099999132.2 m (436 ft) St. Peter's Church, Hamburg &1878 1878 Hamburg Germany
7002132100000000000132.1 m (433 ft) St. Michaelis Church, Hamburg &1786 1786 Hamburg Germany the tallest 18th century church in the world
7002131300000000000131.3 m (431 ft) H Malmesbury Abbey &1180 1180 Malmesbury England spire collapsed in the late 15th or early 16th century
7002130600000000000130.6 m (428 ft) St. Martin's Church, Landshut &1500 1500 Landshut Germany tallest brickwork structure in the world
7002130000000000000130.0 m (426 ft) H St. Elisabeth's Church (Wrocław) &1535 1535 Wrocław Poland today 83m, spire collapsed in 1529 during storm
7002129000000000000129 m (423 ft) Saint Joseph's Oratory &1967 1967 Montreal Canada tallest church in the New World (The Americas)
7002125400000000000125.4 m (410 ft) St Jacobi &1962 1962 Hamburg Germany
7002125000000000000125.0 m (410 ft) St. Mary's Church, Lübeck &1350 1350 Lübeck Germany tallest church facade with two steeples finished in the Middle Ages and only overtaken in height by Cologne cathedral in 1880
7002124000000000000124.0 m (407 ft) Cathedral of Maringá &1972 1972 Maringá Brazil tallest church in Latin America
7002123700000000000123.7 m (521.6 ft) H St. Olaf &1500 1500 Tallinn Estonia tallest building in the world from 1549 to 1625; tallest church in the Baltic States
7002123300000000000123.3 m (404 ft) St. Peter &1973 1973 Riga Latvia once much taller; tallest church in Latvia
7002123100000000000123.1 m (404 ft) Cathedral of Saint Mary &1315 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).
7002123000000000000123.0 m (404 ft) Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp) &1521 1521 Antwerp Belgium tallest church in the Low Countries
7002123000000000000123.0 m (404 ft) Peter and Paul Cathedral &1733 1733 St. Petersburg Russia The world's tallest Orthodox belltower; since adjacent to the main temple, may be considered the tallest Orthodox church
7002122300000000000122.3 m (400 ft) H Abbaye-aux-Hommes &1250 13th century Caen France spire replaced by a lower tower in the 17th century
7002122300000000000122.3 m (400 ft) Church of Our Lady (Bruges) &1465 1465 Bruges Belgium
7002121000000000000121.0 m (397 ft) Basilica of San Gaudenzio &1887 1887 Novara Italy
7002119800000000000119.8 m (392 ft) H Cathedral Basilica of St James the Apostle &1892 1892 Szczecin Poland the cathedral's tower collapsed during a bombardment in 1944; nowadays it measures 110.18 m
7002119800000000000119.8 m (392 ft) Riverside Church &1930 1930 New York City United States Tallest Church in the United States of America
7002118700000000000118.7 m (390 ft) Uppsala Domkyrka &1435 1435 Uppsala Sweden largest church in Scandinavia
7002118300000000000118.3 m (387 ft) H Cathedral &1468 1468 Metz France
7002117500000000000117.5 m (385 ft) Schwerin Cathedral &1892 1892 Schwerin Germany
7002117000000000000117.0 m (384 ft) St. Peter's Church, Rostock &1577 1577 Rostock Germany
7002116700000000000116.7 m (377 ft) St. Catherine's Church, Hamburg &1657 1657 Hamburg Germany
7002116500000000000116.5 m (381 ft) H Berlin Cathedral &1905 1905 Berlin Germany
7002116000000000000116.0 m (381 ft) Freiburg Minster &1330 1330 Freiburg Germany
7002115000000000000115.0 m (375 ft) Chartres Cathedral &1514 1514 Chartres France
7002115000000000000115.0 m (376 ft) Basílica del Voto Nacional &1988 1988 Quito Ecuador
7002114800000000000114.8 m (376 ft) H Collegiate church of St. Mary Magdalene 14th or 15th c. Poznań Poland Destroyed in a fire in 1777, finally demolished in 1802
7002114700000000000114.7 m (376 ft) Lübeck Cathedral &1341 1341 Lübeck Germany
7002114600000000000114.6 m (374 ft) Basilica of St. Michael, Bordeaux &1492 1492 Bordeaux France
7002114500000000000114.5 m (376 ft) Florence Cathedral &1434 1434 Florence Italy
7002114500000000000114.5 m (376 ft) St. Andrew's Church, Hildesheim &1890 1890 Hildesheim Germany
7002114000000000000114.0 m (295 ft) Orléans Cathedral &1345 1345 Orléans France
7002113000000000000113.0 m (371 ft) Catedral de Manizales &1901 1901 Manizales Colombia
7002113000000000000113.0 m (371 ft) H Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church &1895 1895 Berlin Germany spire damaged in World War II, current height 71 m
7002112700000000000112.7 m (367 ft) Notre-Dame Cathedral &1549 1549 Amiens France
7002112300000000000112.3 m (369 ft) Domtoren &1382 1382 Utrecht Netherlands the cathedral's nave collapsed during a storm in 1674
7002112300000000000112.3 m (370 ft) Torrazzo of Cremona &1309 1309 Cremona Italy
7002112000000000000112.0 m (390 ft) H Reinoldikirche &1520 1520 Dortmund Germany Built in 1454 with 112 m (367 ft), collapsed in earthquake 1661, now 104 m (340 ft)
7002112000000000000112.0 m (367 ft) Cathedral of La Plata &1932 1932/2000 La Plata Argentina designated cathedral in 1932, towers finished in 2000
7002112000000000000112.0 m (367 ft) Saint Jacob's Church &1894 1894 Lübeck Germany
7002111300000000000111.3 m (366 ft) St. Paul's Cathedral &1710 1710 London England tallest building in London until 1962
7002111200000000000111.2 m (367 ft) Schleswig Cathedral &1894 1894 Schleswig Germany
7002110180000000000110.18 m (363 ft) Cathedral Basilica of St James the Apostle &1892 1892 Szczecin Poland in 1892 - 1944 it measured 119.8 m; until 2008 it was 67 m
7002110000000000000110 m (360 ft) H Pieterskerk, Leiden &1570 1570 Leiden Netherlands today towerless - tower collapsed in 1512
7002110000000000000110 m (360 ft) H Our Lady Of Lebanon &1992 1992 Juniyah Lebanon Tallest Church in the Middle East
7002110000000000000110 m (360 ft) H St. John's Church, Lüneburg &1384 1384 Lüneberg Germany today 108.7 m - spire partially destroyed by lightning in 1406
7002110000000000000110 m (360 ft) H Catedral Nueva &1733 1733 Salamanca Spain
7002109600000000000109.6 m (361 ft) Herz-Jesu-Kirche &1891 1891 Graz Austria
7002108800000000000108.8 m (357 ft) Nieuwe Kerk (Delft) &1496 1496 Delft Netherlands
7002108700000000000108.7 m (357 ft) St. John's Church, Lüneburg &1408 1408 Lüneburg Germany once slightly taller; spire rebuilt from 1406 to 1408
7002108500000000000108.5 m (350 ft) Milan Cathedral &1886 1886 Milan Italy
7002108400000000000108.4 m (355 ft) Zagreb Cathedral &1880 1880 Zagreb Croatia
7002108200000000000108.2 m (367 ft) Saint Peter's Church &1894 1894 Lübeck Germany
7002107500000000000107.5 m (352.7 ft) Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe &2008 2008 Zamora de Hidalgo Mexico
7002107200000000000107.20 m (352 ft) St. Peter and St. Paul's Church &1999 1999 Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina tallest church in Southeast Europe
7002107000000000000107 m (351 ft) Linköping Cathedral &1886 1886 Linköping Sweden
7002106000000000000106.0 m (348 ft) Alessandria Cathedral &1885 1885 Alessandria Italy
7002106000000000000106.0 m (348 ft) Sanctuary of the Black Madonna &1900 1900 Częstochowa Poland
7002106000000000000106 m (348 ft) Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Luján &1935 1935 Luján Argentina
7002106000000000000106.0 m (348 ft) St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre &1957 1957 Le Havre France
7002106000000000000106.0 m (348 ft) Resurrection Cathedral &1832 1832 Shuya Russia
7002105000000000000105.0 m (344 ft) Bayeux Cathedral &1866 1866 Bayeux France estimated height; cathedral itself is mostly 12th and 13th century
7002105000000000000105.0 m (344 ft) St. Petri Church &1322 1322 Dortmund Germany
7002105000000000000105.0 m (344 ft) St. Catherine's Church, Hoogstraten &1550 1550 Hoogstraten Belgium
7002105000000000000105.0 m (344 ft) St Petri &1310 1310 Malmö Sweden
7002105000000000000105.0 m (344 ft) St. Patrick's Cathedral &1939 1939 Melbourne Australia
7002105000000000000105.0 m (344 ft) Cathedral of Christ the Saviour &2000 2000 Moscow Russia reconstruction; original cathedral consecrated 1883 and demolished by Soviets in 1931; still the tallest Eastern Orthodox Church church in the world
7002105000000000000105.0 m (344 ft) Les Invalides &1706 1706 Paris France
7002105000000000000105.0 m (344 ft) Regensburg Cathedral &1856 1856 Regensburg Germany
7002105000000000000105.0 m (344 ft) Sankta Klara &1888 1888 Stockholm Sweden
7002105000000000000105.0 m (344 ft) St. Nicholas' Church, Tallinn &1696 1696 Tallinn Estonia cathedral itself dates from 1275
7002104500000000000104.5 m (342 ft) Archcathedral Basilica of St. Stanislaw &1912 1912 Łódź Poland
7002104000000000000104.0 m (341 ft) Cathedral of Magdeburg &1520 1520 Magdeburg Germany
7002104000000000000104.0 m (340 ft) Cathedral &1568 1568 Seville Spain Tallest cathedral in Spain

7002104000000000000104.0 m (340 ft) Reinoldikirche &1954 1954 Dortmund Germany was 119 m (390 ft) from 1520 until 1661
7002103300000000000103.3 m (339 ft) St. Patrick's Cathedral &1878 1878 New York City United States
7002103000000000000103.0 m (338 ft) St. Stanislaw and St. Waclaw &1496 1496 Świdnica Poland
7002103000000000000103.0 m (338 ft) Katharinenkirche &1430 1430 Osnabrück Germany
7002103000000000000103 m (338 ft) H Cathedral &1549 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.
7002102800000000000102.8 m (337 ft) St. Vitus Cathedral &1554 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
7002102600000000000102.6 m (337 ft) St. Mary &1854 1854 Chojna Poland
7002102300000000000102.3 m (336 ft) St. Martin's Cathedral &1950 20th century Ypres Belgium almost exact replica of the medieval church destroyed during the First World War. This is a proto-cathedral
7002102300000000000102.3 m (335 ft) St. Bartholomew &1600 1600 Plzeň Czech Republic
7002102000000000000102.0 m (334 ft) H Martinikerk (Groningen) (tower called Martinitoren) &1548 1548 Groningen Netherlands spire burned down in 1577, now 97 m in height
7002101800000000000101.8 m (334 ft) Saint Isaac's Cathedral &1858 1858 St. Petersburg Russia
7002101000000000000101.0 m (331 ft) Bielawa & 1700 1335 Bielawa Poland
7002101000000000000101.0 m (331 ft) Liverpool Cathedral &1978 1978 Liverpool England
7002100700000000000100.7 m (330 ft) Saint Wenceslas Cathedral &1892 1892 Olomouc Czech Republic
7002100000000000000100.0 m (328 ft) Gedächtniskirche &1904 1904 Speyer Germany
7002100000000000000100.0 m (328 ft) Münster of Bern &1893 1893 Bern Switzerland
7002100000000000000100.0 m (328 ft) São Paulo Cathedral &1954 1954 São Paulo Brazil
7002100000000000000100.0 m (328 ft) Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception &1959 1959 Washington, DC United States
7002100000000000000100.0 m (328 ft) Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida &1980 1980 Aparecida Brazil Steeple at 100.0 m
7002100000000000000100.0 m (328 ft) Basilica &1869 1869 Esztergom Hungary still the tallest building in Hungary
700199500000000000099.5 m (326 ft) Saint Vincent &1883 1883 Eeklo Belgium
700199500000000000099.5 m (326 ft) Munich Frauenkirche &1525 1525 Munich Germany
700199000000000000099.0 m (325 ft) St. John &1892 1892 Stargard Szczeciński Poland
700199000000000000099.0 m (325 ft) Votive Church, Vienna &1879 1879 Vienna Austria
700198000000000000098.0 m (322 ft) Marktkirche &1862 1862 Wiesbaden Germany
700198000000000000098.0 m (322 ft) Bremen Cathedral &1893 1893 Bremen Germany
700198000000000000098.0 m (322 ft) Onze-Lieve-Vrouwentoren &1450 15th century Amersfoort Netherlands rest of church accidentally blown up in 1797
700198000000000000098.0 m (322 ft) Sint-Vituskerk &1890 1890 Hilversum Netherlands
700198000000000000098.0 m (322 ft) St. Martin &1534 1534 Amberg Germany
700197800000000000097.8 m (321 ft) Nidaros Cathedral &1300 1300 Trondheim Norway
700197300000000000097.3 m (319 ft) St. Rumbold's Cathedral &1520 1520 Mechelen Belgium the tower was supposed to be 167 m (+ 545 ft) tall, but the money ran out.
700197300000000000097.3 m (319 ft) Marktkirche &1350 14th century Hannover Germany Rebuilt after World War II in 1952
700197000000000000097.0 m (318 ft) Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi &2004 2004 Tbilisi Georgia
700197000000000000097.0 m (318 ft) Pavia Cathedral &1885 1885 Pavia Italy
700197000000000000097.0 m (318 ft) Temple Saint-Étienne &1866 1866 Mulhouse France Tallest Protestant church in France
700197000000000000097.0 m (318 ft) Grote Kerk &1547 1547 Breda Netherlands
700196900000000000096.9 m (318 ft) Martinikerk (Groningen) (tower called Martinitoren &1627 1627 Groningen Netherlands spire burned down in 1577, was ca. 100 tall
700196600000000000096.6 m (317 ft) Agricola Church &1935 1935 Helsinki Finland tallest church in Finland
700196200000000000096.2 m (315.10 ft) Cathedral &1884 1884 Clermont-Ferrand France
700196000000000000096.0 m (317 ft) Basilica de San Martin de Tours &1878 1878 Taal,Batangas Philippines Biggest Catholic church in Asia
700196000000000000096.0 m (315 ft) Basilica-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar &1681 1681 Zaragoza Spain
700196000000000000096.0 m (315 ft) Basilica of St. Anthony &1906 1906 Rybnik Poland
700196000000000000096.0 m (315 ft) Norwich Anglican Cathedral &1480 1480 Norwich England the tallest building in the city of Norwich, UK
700196000000000000096.0 m (315 ft) Aarhus Cathedral &1500 1500 Aarhus Denmark
700196000000000000096.0 m (315 ft) Kreuzkirche &1788 1788 Dresden Germany
700196000000000000096.0 m (315 ft) Church of Donaufeld &1914 1914 Floridsdorf Austria
700196000000000000096.0 m (315 ft) St. Stephen's Basilica &1905 1905 Budapest Hungary still the tallest building in Budapest
700196000000000000096.0 m (315 ft) St. Paul's Cathedral &1931 1931 Melbourne Australia
700195700000000000095.7 m (314 ft) German Church, Stockholm &1884 1884 Stockholm Sweden
700195100000000000095.1 m (312 ft) Frauenkirche &1743 1743 Dresden Germany destroyed by bombing in 1945 and rededicated in 2005
700195100000000000095.1 m (312 ft) Kaiserdom &1877 1877 Frankfurt Germany
700194100000000000094.1 m (309 ft) Church of St. Walburge, Preston &1866 1866 Preston England The tallest parish church in the UK
700194000000000000094.0 m (309 ft) Martinikerk (Doesburg) &1430 1430 Doesburg Netherlands
700193800000000000093.8 m (308 ft) Kreuzkirche &1800 1800 Dresden Germany
700193800000000000093.8 m (308 ft) St. John's Cathedral &1861 1861 Limerick Ireland Tallest church spire in Ireland
700193800000000000093.8 m (308 ft) Paderborn Cathedral &1250 13th century Paderborn Germany
700193720000000000093.72 m (308 ft) Peter and Paul Church &1767 1767 Porechye Russia Tallest rural belltower in Russia
700193500000000000093.5 m (307 ft) Church of the Savior on Blood &1907 1907 St. Petersburg Russia
700193500000000000093.5 m (307 ft) St. Ulrich und Afra &1594 1594 Augsburg Germany
700193400000000000093.4 m (306.5 ft) Cathedral of Saint Paul, National Shrine of the Apostle Paul &1915 1915 St. Paul United States
700192900000000000092.9 m (305 ft) St Eusebius' Church, Arnhem &1965 1965 Arnhem Netherlands
700192900000000000092.9 m (305 ft) St. James' Cathedral &1853 1853 Toronto Canada
700192700000000000092.7 m (304 ft) Nicolaikirche &1895 1895 Lüneburg Germany church built from 1407 to 1440, new spire built from 1831 to 1895
700192600000000000092.6 m (303 ft) Grote of Sint-Jacobskerk (The Hague) &1424 1424 The Hague Netherlands
700192600000000000092.6 m (303 ft) Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church &1973 1973 Fort Lauderdale United States
700192300000000000092.3 m (302 ft) Cathedral &1792 1792 Murcia Spain
700192000000000000092.0 m (302 ft) New Cathedral &1733 1733 Salamanca Spain
700192000000000000092.0 m (302 ft) Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt &1505 1505 Schlanders Italy
700192000000000000092.0 m (302 ft) Church of St. James &1592 1592 Brno Czech Republic
700191700000000000091.7 m (300 ft) National Cathedral &1990 1990 Washington, DC United States
700191700000000000091.7 m (300 ft) St. Francis de Sales Church (St. Louis, Missouri) &1908 1908 St. Louis United States
700191700000000000091.7 m (300 ft) Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré &1923 1923 Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Canada
700191100000000000091.1 m (299 ft) Grote Kerk &1878 1878 The Hague Netherlands
700191100000000000091.1 m (299 ft) St. Andreas &1250 13th century Braunschweig Germany
700191000000000000091.0 m (300 ft) Cathedral of Hope (Pittsburgh) &1935 1935 Pittsburgh United States
700191000000000000091.0 m (300 ft) St. Mary's Basilica &1884 1884 Kevelaer Germany
700190500000000000090.5 m (297 ft) Lange Jan &1300 1300 Middelburg Netherlands the tower was rebuilt after destruction by Luftwaffe bombings in 1940
700190500000000000090.5 m (297 ft) Cathedral &1494 1494 Canterbury England cathedral itself dates from 1077
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) Notre Dame de Paris &1345 1345 Paris France
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) Cathedral of Toledo &1440 1440 Toledo Spain
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) Coventry Cathedral &1433 1433 Coventry England the spire was the only part of the cathedral that survived intact when it was bombed in 1940
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) Cobh Cathedral &1919 1919 Cobh Ireland
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) Cathedral of Santa Eulalia &1450 15th century Barcelona Spain
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) Cathedral &1776 1776 Riga Latvia
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) Neue evangelische Garnisonkirche &1897 1897 Berlin Germany
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) St. Nikolajs &1829 1829 Copenhagen Denmark
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral &1917 1917 Edinburgh Scotland
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) St. James' Church &1515 1515 Louth England
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) Garnisonkirche St. Martin &1900 1900 Dresden Germany
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) Georgskirche &1501 1501 Nördlingen Germany
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) El Escorial &1584 1584 San Lorenzo de El Escorial Spain
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) Abbaye-aux-Hommes &1250 13th century Caen France formerly much taller
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) Saint-Eloi &1450 15th century Dunkirk France
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) Basilica of the Sacred Heart &1971 1971 Brussels Belgium
700190000000000000090.0 m (295 ft) Co-cathedral &1898 1898 Osijek Croatia
700189900000000000089.9 m (294 ft) Vor Frelsers Kirke &1696 1696 Copenhagen Denmark
700189300000000000089.3 m (292 ft) St. Bavo's Cathedral &1538 1538 Ghent Belgium
700189300000000000089.3 m (292 ft) St Mary Redcliffe &1872 1872 Bristol England the previous spire collapsed in a storm in the 1440s
700188900000000000088.9 m (291 ft) Votive Temple of Maipú &1974 1974 Maipu Chile Tallest Church in Chile
700188700000000000088.7 m (290 ft) Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King &1967 1967 Liverpool England
700188500000000000088.5 m (290 ft) St. Peter and St. Paul's Church &1500 1500 Čáslav Czech Republic
700188300000000000088.3 m (289 ft) Peterskirche &1885 1885 Leipzig Germany
700188300000000000088.3 m (288 ft) Washington Temple &1974 1974 Kensington United States tallest LDS temple
700188000000000000088.0 m (288 ft) Cathedral &1558 1558 Segovia Spain
700188000000000000088.0 m (288 ft) Cathedral &1400 1400 Burgos Spain
700188000000000000088.0 m (288 ft) Pfarrkirche St. Stephan &1725 1725 Stockerau Austria
700187700000000000087.7 m (287 ft) Dreikönigskirche &1857 1857 Dresden Germany completely destroyed in the 1945 bombing and now rebuilt
700187100000000000087.1 m (285 ft) Cathedral &1787 1787 Orléans France
700187100000000000087.1 m (285 ft) Saint-Epvre &1872 1872 Nancy France
700187000000000000087.0 m (285 ft) Kostol Nanebovzatia Panny Márie &1350 14th century Spišská Nová Ves Slovakia tallest church in Slovakia
700187000000000000087.0 m (285 ft) Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo &1977 1977 Bendigo Australia Tallest provincial Australian church
700187000000000000087.0 m (285 ft) Stadtpfarrkirche St. Stephan, Braunau &1759 1759 Braunau Austria
700187000000000000087.0 m (285 ft) Cathedral of the Assumption &1852 1852 Louisville United States
700186800000000000086.8 m (284 ft) Westminster Cathedral &1903 1903 London England
700186500000000000086.5 m (283 ft) H Schlosskirche &1897 1897 Chemnitz Germany destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt considerably lower
700186200000000000086.2 m (282 ft) Liebfrauenkirche &1651 1651 Bremen Germany
700186200000000000086.2 m (282 ft) St. Wulfram's Church &1450 1450 Grantham England
700186200000000000086.2 m (282 ft) Aegidienkirche &1840 1840 Lübeck Germany
700186200000000000086.2 m (282 ft) St. James's Cathedral &1225 1225 Riga Latvia
700186200000000000086.2 m (282 ft) Marienkirche &1903 1903 Mühlhausen Germany largest parish church in Thuringia
700186200000000000086.2 m (282 ft) Jakobskirche &1550 16th century Straubing Germany
700186200000000000086.2 m (282 ft) Saint-Ouen &1851 1851 Rouen France
700186000000000000086.0 m (282 ft) Lambertikirche &1887 1887 Oldenburg Germany
700186000000000000086.0 m (282 ft) St. Catherine Church &1897 1897 Toruń Poland
700186000000000000086.0 m (282 ft) St. Georg &1904 1904 Ulm Germany
700185900000000000085.9 m (281 ft) Hofkirche &1755 1755 Dresden Germany elevated to cathedral status in 1980; the largest church in Saxony
700185900000000000085.9 m (281 ft) Cathedral of St. Joseph &1962 1962 Hartford United States
700185900000000000085.9 m (281 ft) Turku Cathedral &1834 1834 Turku Finland
700185900000000000085.9 m (281 ft) St. Elphin's Church &1865 1860s Warrington England church itself dates from 1354
700185900000000000085.9 m (281 ft) Trinity Church &1846 1846 New York City United States
700185600999990000085.6 m (280 ft) H Basilica of St Denis &1281 1281 Saint-Denis France now considerably shorter
700185600999990000085.6 m (280 ft) Berlin Cathedral &1993 1993 Berlin Germany reconstructed after World War II; formerly considerably taller
700185300000000000085.3 m (279 ft) Westerkerk &1638 1638 Amsterdam Netherlands largest Protestant church in the Netherlands
700185300000000000085.3 m (279 ft) Johanneskirche &1881 1881 Düsseldorf Germany
700185300000000000085.3 m (279 ft) Saint-Esprit &1931 1931 Paris France
700185000000000000085.0 m (278 ft) St Mary Abbots &1879 1879 London England tallest church spire in London
700185000000000000085.0 m (278 ft) Saint-Nicolas &1850 1850 Nantes France
700185000000000000085.0 m (278 ft) St. Martin's Cathedral &1350 14th century Bratislava Slovakia tallest church in Bratislava
700185000000000000085.0 m (278 ft) Église Saint-Maurice &1893 1893 Strasbourg France estimated height
700184000000000000084.0 m (275 ft) Málaga Cathedral &1782 1782 Málaga Spain
700184000000000000084.0 m (275 ft) Cathedral &1882 1882 Đakovo Croatia
700183800000000000083.8 m (275 ft) St. Paul's Cathedral &1851 1888 Buffalo United States height of large bell tower
700183700000000000083.7 m (274 ft) Orthodox Cathedral &1946 1946 Timişoara Romania tallest church in Romania
700183500000000000083.5 m (274 ft) St. Mary's Church &1292 1292 Stargard Szczeciński Poland
700183300000000000083.3 m (273 ft) La Basilique du Sacré-Coeur &1910 1910 Paris France
700183000000000000083 m (272 ft) Cathedral &1807 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.
700182900000000000082.9 m (272 ft) St Botolph's Church, Boston &1520 1520 Boston England tallest parish church tower (as opposed to spire) in England
700182000000000000082.0 m (269 ft) Chichester Cathedral &1863 1863 Chichester England rebuilding of an earlier, slightly lower, spire that collapsed in 1861
700182000000000000082.0 m (269 ft) St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk &1502 1502 Gdańsk Poland the largest brick church in the world; the tower was never completed
700182000000000000082.0 m (269 ft) Cathedral of Saint Sava &2004 2004 Belgrade Serbia
700181000000000000081.0 m (266 ft) St. Peter Cathedral &1893 1893 Erie United States
700180800000000000080.8 m (265 ft) Our Lady of Zahle and The Bekaa Valley &1905 1905 Zahle, Lebanon Lebanon
700180700000000000080.7 m (265 ft) Fort Street Presbyterian Church &1855 1855 Detroit United States
700180700000000000080.7 m (265 ft) St. Anthony's Church &1894 1894 Toledo United States
700180600999990000080.6 m (264 ft) Saint Lambert Church &1863 1863 Veghel Netherlands
700180000000000000080.0 m (262 ft) Gouwekerk &1904 1904 Gouda Netherlands
700180000000000000080.0 m (262 ft) St. Michael's Church &1487 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.
700180000000000000080.0 m (262 ft) St. Mary's Basilica &1406 1406 Kraków Poland
700179010000000000079.01m (260 ft) Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours &1929 1929 Thrissur India The 3rd tallest church in Asia
700179000000000000079.0 m (259 ft) Anykščiai Church &1908 1908 Anykščiai Lithuania tallest church in Lithuania
700179000000000000079.0 m (259 ft) Los Angeles California Temple &1956 1956 Los Angeles United States
700178100999990000078.1 m (256 ft) St. Anthony of Padua Church &1912 1912 New Bedford United States
700178100999990000078.1 m (256 ft) Heinz Memorial Chapel &1938 1938 Pittsburgh United States
700178000000000000078 m (255.9 ft) Albi Cathedral &1480 1480 Albi France
700178000000000000078 m (255 ft) St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church &1516 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
700177000000000000077 m (253 ft) Michael's Church &1905 1905 Turku Finland
700176800000000000076.8 m (252 ft) Lichfield Cathedral &1340 1340 Lichfield England
700176200000000000076.2 m (250 ft) Basilica of Saint Mary &1914 1914 Minneapolis United States The first basilica established in the United States of America
700176000000000000076 m (249 ft) Église Saint-Paul &1897 1897 Strasbourg France
700176000000000000076 m (249 ft) St Theobald's Church, Thann &1516 1516 Thann France
700175600999990000075.6 m (248 ft) Igreja dos Clérigos &1763 1763 Porto Portugal
700175000000000000075.0 m (246 ft) Saint Michael's Church &1890 1890 Rochester United States
700174700000000000074.7 m (245 ft) St. Louis Roman Catholic Church &1889 1889 Buffalo United States
700174600999990000074.6 m (245 ft) St. Mary's Cathedral &2000 2000 Sydney Australia
700174500000000000074.5 m (244 ft) Hallgrímskirkja &1986 1986 Reykjavík Iceland tallest church in Iceland
700174200000000000074.2 m (243 ft) Puebla Cathedral, Puebla &1690 1690 Puebla Mexico tallest church in the American continent upon completion in 1690
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