List of highest church naves

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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
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.

[edit] See also

• Description of the term "nave"
• List of largest churches in the world
• List of tallest church towers

[edit] References