Thread by @JamesLucasIT

The largest churches ever built - a thread 🧵

1. St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 🇻🇦

It's quite ironic that the largest church in the world belongs to Vatican City, the smallest country on Earth.

St. Peter's Basilica, considered the center of the Roman Catholic faith, has been described as the "greatest of all churches of Christendom."

2. Milan Cathedral, Italy 🇮🇹

3. Liverpool Cathedral, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

4. Seville Cathedral, Spain 🇪🇸

5. Florence Cathedral, Italy 🇮🇹

More than 500 years after its construction, Filippo Brunelleschi's dome of Santa Maria del Fiore remains the largest brick dome ever built.

6. Expiatory Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Spain 🇪🇸

7. Cologne Cathedral, Germany 🇩🇪

8. St Paul's Cathedral, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

9. St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC 🇺🇸

Completed in 1878, St. Patrick's Cathedral is the largest Catholic cathedral in the United States.

10. Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Spain 🇪🇸

11. Strasbourg Cathedral , France 🇫🇷

12. Basilica di San Petronio, Italy 🇮🇹

13. Hallgrímskirkja, Iceland 🇮🇸

14. St. Basil's Cathedral, Russia 🇷🇺

15. The Cathedral of Our Lady, Belgium 🇧🇪

16. Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Reims, France 🇫🇷

17. Orvieto Cathedral, Italy 🇮🇹

18. Washington National Cathedral, D.C. 🇺🇸

19. Hagia Sophia, Turkey 🇹🇷

20. Sagrada Família, Spain 🇪🇸

Designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, the Sagrada Família is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world.

21. Amiens Cathedral, France 🇫🇷

22. Siena Cathedral, Italy 🇮🇹

Described by Giorgio Vasari as "the most beautiful, largest and most magnificent floor ever made", Siena Cathedral’s floor is the result of over five hundred years of artistic brilliance and craftsmanship.