Showing posts with label Churches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Churches. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

CENTRAL PLAZA – SKY CITY CHURCH



Central Plaza is a 78-story skyscraper in Hong Kong. It was the tallest building In Asia from 1992 to 1996.

Sky City Church located on the 75th floor of Central Plaza is the world’s highest church inside a skyscraper.


CENTRAL PLAZA - HONG KONG

Sunday, April 21, 2019

ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL - TALLEST CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES



St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Roman Catholic) in New York City is the tallest church in the United States. It was completed in 1888 and is 329 feet tall.


ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL IN NEW YORK CITY


THE COLOGNE CATHEDRAL - TALLEST ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL IN THE WORLD



The Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany is tallest Roman Catholic cathedral in the world. It was completed in 1880 and is 516 feet tall. It is also the largest Gothic church in Germany.


THE COLOGNE CATHEDRAL IN COLOGNE, GERMANY

ST. MARTIN'S CHURCH - TALLEST BRICKWORK STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD



St. Martin’s Church (Roman Catholic) in Landshut, Germany is the tallest brickwork structure in the world. It was completed in 1500 and is 428 feet tall.


SAINT MARTIN'S CHURCH IN LANDSHUT, GERMANY

OUR LADY OF PEACE BASICILA - WORLD'S TALLEST DOMED CHURCH AND TALLEST ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE WORLD



Our Lady of Peace Basilica (Roman Catholic) in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast is the world’s tallest domed church, and the tallest Roman Catholic church in the world. It was completed in 1989 and is 518 feet tall.


OUR LADY OF PEACE BASICILA IN YAMOUSSOUKRO, IVORY COAST

ULM MINSTER - TALLEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD



The tallest church in the world is the Ulm Minster, the main Lutheran congregation in Ulm. Germany. It was completed in 1890 and is 530 feet tall. It has 768 stairs going up to a height of 469 feet and is also the largest Protestant Gothic church in Germany.


ULM MINSTER CHURCH, ULM, GERMANY

Monday, February 4, 2019

SAINT ANTHONY'S CHAPEL - PITTSBURGH, PA


Saint Anthony Chapel in Pittsburgh, PA houses 4,000 to 5,000 religious relics, making it the largest collection of relics outside the Vatican.


Notable among the chapel's collection are the complete skeletal remains of a saint named Demetrius (housed underneath the altar), the skulls of Saint Macharius and a saint named Stephana, skulls of the martyred companions of Saint Ursula, the skull of Saint Theodore, the tooth of the chapel's patron, Saint Anthony of Padua, a bone fragment of Saint Caesarius of Africa, and a thorn from the Crown of Thorns.
HIGH ALTAR OF SAINT ANTHONY'S CHAPEL