List of longest church buildings

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

Scope

The term church is open to interpretation and debate. However, for the purposes of this article, it will be used to mean any building which was built for the primary purpose of Christian worship, for any recognised denomination of Christianity. This includes all cathedrals (the seat of a bishop), basilicas, and other types of churches. It does not include temples of other religions, e.g. mosques, synagogues. It does include at least one building, Hagia Sophia, which was built as a church but currently operates as a mosque.

List

External length in m	Internal length in m	Nave length in m	Width in m	Name	Completion	City	Country	Comment
N/A (underground)	262	89	18	Basílica de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos	1959	Madrid	Spain
211.5	186.36	91	150	St. Peter's Basilica	1506–1626	Vatican City	Vatican City	694 ft
195			150	Yamoussoukro Basilica	1990	Yamoussoukro	Ivory Coast
188.7[1]	146	59	60	Liverpool Cathedral	1978	Liverpool	United Kingdom	The total external length, including Lady Chapel, is 188.7 m (619 ft). Its internal length is 146 m (480 ft).
187[2]	?	?	?	Cluny III	1130	Cluny	France	90% destroyed during the French Revolution
183.18[3]	?	70	70.7	Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York	1892[4] (unfinished)	New York City	United States
173[5]	168[5]	?	168	Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida	1955–	Aparecida	Brazil
170.1	?	?	?	Winchester Cathedral	1079 – c. 1400	Winchester	United Kingdom	Longest medieval cathedral still intact
167.8	?	84	58.5	St Albans Cathedral	c. 1080–1200	St Albans	United Kingdom
165	?	75	?	Ely Cathedral	c. 1081–1189	Ely	United Kingdom
161.5	156	?	?	Westminster Abbey	c. 1065–1745	London	United Kingdom
160[6]	?	?	?	Washington National Cathedral	1990	Washington, DC	United States
158.50	148.50	?	93	Milan Cathedral	1386–1965	Milan	Italy
158.4	?	?	?	Canterbury Cathedral	1077	Canterbury	United Kingdom
158.10	?	?	75	St Paul's Cathedral	1677–1708	London	United Kingdom
158[7]	?	?	159	York Minster	1220–1472	York	United Kingdom
156.05	?	?	?	Lincoln Cathedral	1311	Lincoln	United Kingdom
153	?	?	90	Florence Cathedral	1436	Florence	Italy
150	131.66	?	80	Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls	c. 600	Rome	Italy
149.17	138.75	?	90	Reims Cathedral	1211–1275	Reims	France
147	?	?	?	Peterborough Cathedral	1118–1237	Peterborough	United Kingdom
145[8]	?	?	70	Amiens Cathedral	c. 1300	Amiens	France
144	136.86	60	61.6	Rouen Cathedral	1202	Rouen	France
143[9]	?	?	?	Durham Cathedral	1133	Durham	United Kingdom
142	?	?	?	Marseille Cathedral	1893	Marseille	France
140.94	?	?	107.8	Basilica of the Sacred Heart	1970	Koekelberg	Belgium
140	?	?	?	Norwich Cathedral	1096–1145	Norwich	United Kingdom
140	?	?	35	Basilica of the National Vow	1883–1924	Quito	Ecuador
150	?	?	73	Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception	1919–1961	Washington, D.C.	United States
139.0[10]	120	?	77.0[10]	Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń	1994–2004	Licheń Stary	Poland
138.69	?	?	?	Reims Cathedral	c. 1300	Reims	France
134.94	?	58	86.25	Cologne Cathedral	1248–1880	Cologne	Germany
134.7[11]	?	?	?	Salisbury Cathedral	1258	Salisbury	United Kingdom
134	?	48	67	Tournai Cathedral	1140–1255	Tournai	Belgium
134	?	?	43	Speyer Cathedral	1030–1858	Speyer	Germany
132.54	?	?	66	San Petronio	1390–1658	Bologna	Italy
132	?	60	100	Seville Cathedral	1196	Seville	Spain
130	?	?	46	Chartres Cathedral	1260	Chartres	France
130	?	?	69	Notre Dame Cathedral	1345	Paris	France
130	?	?	?	Gloucester Cathedral	1089–1499	Gloucester	United Kingdom
127[12]	?	?	67	Basilica-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar	1681–1872	Zaragoza	Spain
126.1			67.7	People's Salvation Cathedral	2010–present	Bucharest	Romania
124	?	?	60	St. Vitus Cathedral	1344–1929	Prague	Czech Republic
123	?	?	49	Sint Janskerk	c. 1300	Gouda	Netherlands
122	?	?	59	Toledo Cathedral	c. 1500	Toledo	Spain
121.66	?	?	140	Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran	324–1735	Rome	Italy
120.62	?	?	?	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels	2002	Los Angeles	United States
120	?	?	?	Cathedral of La Plata	1999	La Plata	Argentina
119.55	110	?	54.5	Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral	1813	Mexico City	Mexico
118.70	?	?	?	Uppsala Cathedral	1431	Uppsala	Sweden
118.60	101	?	75	Cathedral of Our Lady	1521	Antwerp	Belgium
118.50	?	?	?	Abbey of Santa Giustina	?	Padua	Italy
118	?	?	41	Sint Bavokerk	1520	Haarlem	Netherlands	Largest choir in Europe
118	?	?	49	Esztergom Basilica	1869	Esztergom	Hungary
118	?	?	?	Ferrara Cathedral	1493	Ferrara	Italy
116.7	?	?	?	Wells Cathedral	1176–1490	Wells	United Kingdom
115[13]	?	?	62	St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch	1380–1550	's-Hertogenbosch	Netherlands
114.76	?	?	65	Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli	1679	Assisi	Italy
114.61	107	?	33	St Mary's Cathedral	2000	Sydney	Australia
114	?	?	73	Berlin Cathedral	1905	Berlin	Germany
114	?	?	50	Troyes Cathedral	1905	Troyes	France
113	?	?	40	Cathedral of Mary Our Queen	1959	Baltimore	United States
111.45	?	?	46	São Paulo Cathedral	1967	São Paulo	Brazil
111.2	?	?	97.6	Saint Isaac's Cathedral	1818–1858	Saint Petersburg	Russia
111.2	?	?	62	Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis	1907–1914	St. Louis	United States
110.5	?	85	40	Santa Chiara (Naples)	1310–1340	Napoli	Italy
110	?	?	52	Westminster Cathedral	1903	London	United Kingdom
109.57	?	?	?	Hagia Sophia	537	Istanbul	Turkey
108	?	?	?	Grote Kerk	1470	Dordrecht	Netherlands	Length including the west tower
107[14]	97.6	?	19	Oliwa Cathedral	c. 1350	Gdańsk	Poland	Longest Cistercian church in the world
103.6[15]	?	?	56.4	St Patrick's Cathedral	1858	Melbourne	Australia
103.5	?	?	27	Cathedral of the Holy Cross	1875	Boston	United States
103.5	?	?	66	Basilica of St Mary	1496	Gdańsk	Poland
102	99.10	?	38.65	Lebuïnuskerk	1525	Deventer	Netherlands
102	?	?	?	Nidarosdomen	c. 1300	Trondheim	Norway
101.19	?	?	53	St. Patrick's Cathedral	1878	New York City	United States
93	?	67	51.8	Aarhus Cathedral	1300	Aarhus	Denmark
[16] 86.86	?	?	65.53	Our Lady Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral	1940	Toledo	United States	Steel post and beam frame covered with seam faced granite and limestone accents.
77.72[17]	65	41	26	All Saint's Cathedral	1910	Halifax	Canada
72[18]			55[19]	Alexander Nevsky Cathedral	1912	Sofia	Bulgaria	One of the largest Eastern Orthodox Cathedrals

Note: this list is incomplete e.g. St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney is 107 metres long (ref. St. Mary's Cathedral website). Portugal's Alcobaça Monastery is 106 metres long.

See also

• List of largest church buildings
• List of tallest churches
• List of highest church naves
• List of largest buildings
• List of the largest Protestant churches