Great churches of the world
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Aachen Cathedral
Charlemagne's imperial chapel and one of Europe's oldest cathedrals, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Novosibirsk
A Neo-Byzantine Russian Orthodox cathedral in Novosibirsk, Siberia, completed in 1899 as one of the city's first stone buildings.
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia
Sofia's gold-domed Neo-Byzantine cathedral, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world.
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn
An onion-domed Russian Orthodox cathedral atop Tallinn's Toompea hill.
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Almudena Cathedral
Madrid's cathedral facing the Royal Palace, built over a century and consecrated in 1993.
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Amiens Cathedral
France's largest cathedral by interior volume, a soaring masterpiece of Gothic engineering.
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
The cathedral of Rome and the pope's own seat, the oldest and highest-ranking of the major papal basilicas.
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Assumption Cathedral, Bangkok
A rose-red Romanesque cathedral by the Chao Phraya river, seat of Bangkok's archdiocese.
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Basílica del Voto Nacional
The largest Neo-Gothic basilica in the Americas, towering over Quito's historic center with carved stone fauna.
Basilica di San Petronio
Bologna's vast brick Gothic basilica on Piazza Maggiore, famed for its unfinished facade and meridian line.
Basilica di Santa Croce
Florence's principal Franciscan church and burial place of Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli.
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Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Rome's largest church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, a papal basilica famed for its early Christian mosaics.
Basilica of Bom Jesus
UNESCO-listed Baroque basilica in Old Goa holding the relics of Saint Francis Xavier.
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Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida
The largest Marian basilica in the world, national shrine of Brazil's patroness in Aparecida.
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Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The world's most-visited Catholic shrine, home to the venerated image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń
The largest church in Poland, a colossal modern Marian basilica crowned by a golden dome and a 141-metre tower.
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Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth (Basílica de Nossa Senhora de Nazaré)
A Neoclassical minor basilica in Belém that is the spiritual home of the Círio de Nazaré, one of the world's largest religious processions.
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Basilica of Our Lady of Peace
The largest church in the world by area, a vast St. Peter's-inspired basilica rising from the savanna of Ivory Coast's capital.
Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel
Belgium's most visited Marian pilgrimage shrine, a star-studded Baroque dome rising over the country's spiritual heart.
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Basilica of Our Lady, Tongeren
A Brabantine Gothic basilica with a UNESCO-listed belfry, anchoring the oldest Marian pilgrimage city in the Low Countries.
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Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua
Padua's domed pilgrimage basilica housing the tomb of St Anthony, with art by Donatello.
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Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
The burial place of St Francis in Assisi, famed for its Giotto frescoes and as a Franciscan pilgrimage center.
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Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
One of Rome's four major papal basilicas, built over the tomb of the Apostle Paul.
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Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
A major North American pilgrimage shrine to Saint Anne, famed for reported healings and its towering twin-spired neo-Romanesque basilica.