# Cathedral/Church Nave height City Country Notes 1 Beauvais Cathedral 47 m (154 ft) [ 3] Beauvais France Only one bay of the nave was built, but choir and transepts were completed to the same height. 2 St. Peter's Basilica 46 m (151 ft) [ 4] 45 m (148 ft) [ 5] Vatican City Vatican City 3= Florence Cathedral 45 m (148 ft) Florence Italy 3= Milan Cathedral 45 m (148 ft) Milan Italy 3= Sagrada Família 45 m (148 ft) [ 6] Barcelona Spain Still under construction. Vaults of the crossing and the apse reach 60 and 75 metres respectively. 3= Santa Chiara 45 m (148 ft) [a] 33.5 m (110 ft) [b] [ 7] Naples Italy 7 San Petronio Basilica 44.24 m (145.1 ft) [ 8] Bologna Italy 8 Palma Cathedral 44 m (144 ft) [ 9] [ 10] Palma Spain Pillars sustaining vaults are the narrowest in the world; measuring 1 ⁄ 12 1 ⁄ 6 8 People's Salvation Cathedral 44 m (144 ft) [ 11] Bucharest Romania Tallest and largest (by volume) Orthodox church building in the world. 10 Cologne Cathedral 43.35 m (142.2 ft) [ 12] Cologne Germany Highest height to width ratio of any nave. 11 Amiens Cathedral 42.3 m (139 ft) [ 13] Amiens France 12 Metz Cathedral 41.41 m (135.9 ft) [ 14] Metz France 13 St Bartholomew's Church 41.15 m (135.0 ft) [ 15] Brighton United Kingdom 14= Ulm Münster 41 m (135 ft) [ 16] Ulm Germany 14= Narbonne Cathedral 41 m (135 ft) 40.1 m (132 ft) [ 17] Narbonne France Only the great choir of this French Gothic church is completely built. 16 Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Aparecida 40 m (130 ft) [ 18] Aparecida Brazil 17 St. Mary's Church 38.5 m (126 ft) Lübeck Germany Highest brick vault in the world. 18 Reims Cathedral 37.95 m (124.5 ft) [ 13] Reims France Holds the world record for statues: 2303 stone figurines are represented on it. 19 Cathedral of St. John the Divine 37.7 m (124 ft) [ 19] New York City United States 20= Cathedral of La Plata 37.5 m (123 ft) La Plata Argentina 20= Nantes Cathedral 37.5 m (123 ft) Nantes France 22= Bourges Cathedral 37 m (121 ft) [ 13] Bourges France 22= Chartres Cathedral 37 m (121 ft) 36.55 m (119.9 ft) [ 13] Chartres France 22= Basilica of St. Thérèse 37 m (121 ft) Lisieux France 22= St. Nicholas 37 m (121 ft) Wismar Germany 22= Cathedral of Christ the Saviour 37 m (121 ft) [ 20] Moscow Russia 27 Liverpool Cathedral 36.54 m (119.9 ft) Liverpool United Kingdom 28= Seville Cathedral 36 m (118 ft) [ 21] Seville Spain Largest medieval Gothic church. The vaults at the crossing reach 40 m. 28= Tournai Cathedral 36 m (118 ft) Tournai Belgium Highest nave in the Low Countries 30 New Cathedral 35.4 m (116 ft) Salamanca Spain 31= Notre Dame 35 m (115 ft) [ 22] 34 m (112 ft) [ 23] [ 24] Paris France 31= Málaga Cathedral 35 m (115 ft) Málaga Spain 31 St. George church 35 m (115 ft) Wismar Germany 34 Granada Cathedral 34.5 m (113 ft) [ 25] Granada Spain 35= Basilica of Saint-Quentin 34 m (112 ft) Saint-Quentin France 35= Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe 34 m (112 ft) [ 26] Zamora de Hidalgo Mexico Still under construction (work began in 1898). Known as the "Incomplete Cathedral" ("La Catedral Inconclusa"). 35= Girona Cathedral 34 m (112 ft) Girona Spain Widest Gothic nave in the world, 22.98 m, and lower ratio high/wide[ clarification needed ] 35= Church of Our Lady of the Snows 34 m (112 ft) [ 27] Prague Czech Republic 39 m (128 ft) high nave destroyed during Hussite Wars 39 Chiesa di San Nicolò 33.35 m (109.4 ft) [ 28] Treviso Italy 40= Le Mans Cathedral 33 m (108 ft) Le Mans France 40= Segovia Cathedral 33 m (108 ft) [ 29] Segovia Spain 40= St. Vitus Cathedral 33 m (108 ft) [ 30] Prague Czech Republic 40= Speyer Cathedral 33 m (108 ft) Speyer Germany Highest Romanesque vault 40= St. Mary's Church 32.95 m (108.1 ft) Stralsund Germany World's highest building from 1625 to 1647 (151 m). Today 104 m. 45= St. Mary's Church 32.5 m (107 ft) Stargard Szczeciński Poland 45= Batalha Monastery 32.5 m (107 ft) [ 31] Batalha Portugal 47= Aachen Cathedral 32 m (105 ft) Aachen Germany Height of the gothic choir. 47= Bayeux Cathedral 32 m (105 ft) Bayeux France 47= Strasbourg Cathedral 32 m (105 ft) Strasbourg France 50= Ely Cathedral 32 m (105 ft) Ely United Kingdom 50 Glasgow Cathedral 32 m (105 ft) Glasgow United Kingdom 50= Magdeburg Cathedral 32 m (105 ft) Magdeburg Germany 50= Santa Maria del Mar 32 m (105 ft) Barcelona Spain Greatest separation between pillars in Gothic architecture (15 m) 50= Engelbrekt Church 32 m (105 ft) Stockholm Sweden 55 Regensburg Cathedral 31.85 m (104.5 ft) [ 32] Regensburg Germany 56 Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels 31.7 m (104 ft) Los Angeles United States 57= St. Martin's Cathedral 31.5 m (103 ft) Utrecht Netherlands Ruin. The nave collapsed during a storm in 1674. 57= St. Mary's Church 31.5 m (103 ft) Rostock Germany 59= St Bavo's Cathedral 31.1 m (102 ft) [ 33] Ghent Belgium 59= Westminster Abbey 31 m (102 ft) [ 34] London United Kingdom 59= Munich Frauenkirche 31 m (102 ft) Munich Germany 59= York Minster 31 m (102 ft) York United Kingdom 59= St. Olaf's Church 31 m (102 ft) [ 35] Tallinn Estonia 59= Washington National Cathedral 31 m (102 ft) Washington, D.C. United States 65= Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception 30.5 m (100 ft) Washington, D.C. United States 65= Riverside Church 30.5 m (100 ft) [ 36] New York City United States 67= Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran 30 m (98 ft) Rome Italy 67= Pavia Cathedral 30 m (98 ft) Pavia Italy 67= St. Peter's Church 30 m (98 ft) Riga Latvia 70= St. Bavo Church 29 m (95 ft) Haarlem Netherlands The nave is covered by a 16th-century wooden net vault. 70= Saint Thomas Church 29 m (95 ft) New York City United States 70 St. John's Cathedral 29 m (95 ft) 's-Hertogenbosch Netherlands 73= St. Catherine's Church 28 m (92 ft) Brielle Netherlands 73= St Paul's Cathedral 28 m (92 ft) London United Kingdom 73= Alexander Nevsky Cathedral 28 m (92 ft) [ 37] Sofia Bulgaria 73= Church of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saint John the Baptist 28 m (92 ft) [ 38] Kutná Hora Czech Republic 73= Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp) 28 m (92 ft) [ 39] Antwerp Belgium 73= Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia 28 m (92 ft) [ 40] Barcelona Spain 79 Grace Cathedral 27.7 m (91 ft) [ 41] San Francisco United States 80 Lancing College Chapel 27.4 m (90 ft) [ 42] Lancing United Kingdom 81= Upper Church 27 m (89 ft) Kampen Netherlands 81= Uppsala Cathedral 27 m (89 ft) [ 43] Uppsala Sweden 83 Der Aa Church 26 m (85 ft) Groningen Netherlands 84 Salisbury Cathedral 25.5 m (84 ft) [ 44] Salisbury United Kingdom 85= De Krijtberg 25 m (82 ft) Amsterdam Netherlands 85= Lincoln Cathedral 25 m (82 ft) [ 45] Lincoln United Kingdom 87 Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist 24.3 m (80 ft) Spokane United States 88= Church of Our Lady 24 m (79 ft) Dordrecht Netherlands 88= Canterbury Cathedral 24 m (79 ft) Canterbury United Kingdom Nave with a crossing height of 92 feet (28 metres) 88= Turku Cathedral 24 m (79 ft)
Turku Finland 91 East Liberty Presbyterian Church 22.86 m (75 ft) [ 46] Pittsburgh United States 92 All Saints Cathedral 19.5 m (64 ft) Halifax Canada 
