St Peters nave, 46 m
Milan Cathedral, 45 m
Palma. La Seu. 44 m
Cologne nave. 43.35 m
Amiens nave looking west. 42.3 m
Cathedral/Church Nave height (meters) Country Comment
Beauvais 48.5 m (159 ft) [1]
47 m (154 ft)[2]		 France The "Parthenon of French Gothic", only one bay of the nave was actually built but choir and transepts were completed to the same height.
Rome, St Peter's 46 m (151 ft)[3]

45 m (148 ft)[4]

 Italy Not vaulted
Milan 45 m (148 ft) Italy
Bologna 45 m (148 ft) Italy
Barcelona, Sagrada Família 45 m (148 ft)[5] Spain Still under construction, although most of the nave is already completed up to this height. Vaults of the crossing (currently under construction) and the apse will reach 60 and 75 metres respectively.
Palma 44 m (144 ft) [6][7] Spain
Cologne 43.35 m (142 ft)[8] Germany Highest height to width ratio of any nave
Amiens 42.3 m (139 ft)[9] France
Seville 42 m (138 ft)

40 m (131 ft)[10]

 Spain Ranked as largest medieval gothic church
Metz 41.41 m (136 ft) France
Ulm 41 m (135 ft) [11] Germany
Narbonne 41 m (135 ft)

40 m (131 ft)[12]
40.1 m (132 ft)[13]

 France Only the great choir of this French gothic cathedral has been built
Aparecida, New Basílica 40 m (131 ft) Brazil Third biggest church in the world, the first to be consecrated to Mary. Biggest temple of all Americas.
Lubeck, Marienkirche 38.5 m (126 ft) Germany Highest brick vault in the world.
Hagia Sophia 38 m (125 ft)[9] Turkey
Reims 37.95 m (125 ft)[9] France
New York, St John the Divine 37.7 m (124 ft) USA
St Paul's Cathedral, London 37.5 m (123 ft) United Kingdom Not vaulted
La Plata 37.5 m (123 ft) Argentina
Bourges 37 m (121 ft)[9] France
Chartres 37 m (121 ft)

36.55 m (120 ft)[9]

 France
Basilique Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux 37 m (121 ft) France
Liverpool 36.54 m (120 ft) United Kingdom
Salamanca 35.4 m (116 ft) Spain
Paris, Notre Dame 35 m (115 ft)[14]
34 m (112 ft)[15] [16]		 France
Church of Our Lady of The Snow 34 m (112 ft)[17] Czech Republic 39 m (128 ft) high nave destroyed during Hussite Wars
Le Mans 33 m (108 ft) France
Catedral de Santa María de Segovia 33 m (108 ft)[18] Spain
St. Vitus Cathedral 33 m (108 ft)[19] Czech Republic
St. Mary's Church, Stargard Szczeciński 32.5 m (107 ft) Poland Highest nave in Poland
Monastery of Batalha 32.5 m (107 ft) Portugal
Engelbrektskyrkan 32 m (105 ft) [20] Sweden Highest nave in Scandinavia
London, Westminster abbey 31 m (102 ft) [5] United Kingdom

Note: The lower part of the list probably have many missing cathedrals.

See also

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Architecture - MSN Encarta
  3. ^ The Basilica of St. Peter, Rome - I
  4. ^ St. Peter's - The Nave
  5. ^ ICOMOS
  6. ^ Restoration of the Cathedral of Palma de Majorca. Gaudí & Barcelona Club, sagrada familia, la pedrera, park guell
  7. ^ http://www.unesco.org/archi2000/pdf/roca.pdf
  8. ^ Willkommen im Hohen Dom zu Köln
  9. ^ a b c d e Der Geschichtliche Weg Der grossen Kathedralen Frankreichs, France Monuments
  10. ^ Monuments in Seville, Spain: Catedral de Sevilla. Cultural tourism in Andalusia, Spain
  11. ^ Cathédrale luthérienne Sainte-Marie, Ulm (Allemagne)
  12. ^ > Narbonne : Gothic Narbonne : Saint-Just-et-Saint-Pasteur cathedral: rayonnant gothic
  13. ^ [2]
  14. ^ [3]
  15. ^ Notre Dame de Paris : Chiffres, dimensions, réponses aux quizz et autres rallyes
  16. ^ Interior, Notre-Dame
  17. ^ Pražská informační služba
  18. ^ Social events
  19. ^ Katedrála sv. Víta
  20. ^ [4]
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