List of highest church naves

| The "Parthenon of French Gothic", only one bay of the nave was built, but choir and transepts were completed to the same height.

| St. Peter's Basilica

| {{convert|46|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://www.activItaly.it/inglese/monument/basilica_St_Peter_rome.htm "The Basilica of St. Peter"]. Argiletum Tour. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

{{convert|45|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://saintpetersbasilica.org/Interior/Nave/Nave.htm "The Nave"]. St. Peter's Basilica. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

| Vatican City

|Florence Cathedral

|{{convert|45|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|Florence

|Italy

| Milan Cathedral

| {{convert|45|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Milan

| Santa Chiara

| {{Hs|45 !}}~{{convert|45|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{Ref|NoteA|[a]}}
~{{convert|33.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{Ref|NoteB|[b]}}{{Cite journal|last1=Bruzelius|first1=Caroline|last2=Giordano|first2=Andrea|last3=Basso|first3=Andrea|last4=Castagna|first4=Elisa|last5=Giles|first5=Lucas|last6=Repola|first6=Leopoldo|last7=De Feo|first7=Emanuela|date=2018|title=L'eco delle pietre: history, modeling, and GPR as tools in reconstructing the choir screen at Sta. Chiara in Naples|url=https://doi.org/10.19282/acs.10.2018.06|journal=Archeologia e Calcolatori. Supplementi|volume=10|issue=Progetti digitali per la storia dell’arte medievale - Digital Projects in Medieval Art History|pages=81–103|doi=10.19282/acs.10.2018.06|issn=2385-202X}}

| Naples

|Sagrada Família

|{{convert|45|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=http://www.patrimonio-mundial.com/guell/sagradafamilia-icomosespana010207.pdf |title=Informe Del Comité Español Del Consejo Internacional De Monumentos Y Sitios (ICOMOS) Sobre El Posible Impacto Del Tren De Alta Velocidad (AVE) En El Templo Expiatorio De La Sagrada Familia De Barcelona |publisher=International Council on Monuments and Sites |date=1 February 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929021346/http://www.patrimonio-mundial.com/guell/sagradafamilia-icomosespana010207.pdf |archivedate=29 September 2007}}

|Barcelona

|Spain

| Still under construction, although the interior of the church is complete. Vaults of the crossing and the apse reach 60 and 75 metres respectively.

| San Petronio Basilica

| {{convert|44.24|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=Basilica di San Petronio: La Fabbriceria|url=http://www.basilicadisanpetronio.org/basilica/fabbriceria/|publisher=Basilica di San Petronio [official website]|accessdate=10 April 2017|language=it-IT}}

| Bologna

|People's Salvation Cathedral

|Palma Cathedral

|{{convert|44|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://www.gaudiclub.com/ingles/i_vida/mallorca.asp "Restoration of the Cathedral of Palma de Majorca"]. Gaudi & Barcelona Club. Retrieved 24 January 2013.{{cite web |last1=Roca |first1=P. |last2=Gonzalez |first2=J. L. |url=http://www.unesco.org/archi2000/pdf/roca.pdf |title=Morphology, Structure and History – The Case of the Upper Flying Arches of Mallorca Cathedral |publisher=Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040115215344/http://www.unesco.org/archi2000/pdf/roca.pdf |archivedate=15 January 2004}}

|Palma

|Spain

| Pillars sustaining vaults are the narrowest in the world: they measure 1/12 of vault width (at Reims, pillars are 1/6 of vault width)

|{{convert|44|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/social/interviu-se-vor-face-multe-teze-de-doctorat-despre-constructia-catedralei-583785|title=INTERVIU: "Se vor face multe teze de doctorat" despre construcția Catedralei Mântuirii Neamului|website=www.digi24.ro|date=7 October 2016 |language=ro|access-date=2019-11-20}}

|Bucharest

|Romania

| It is the tallest and largest (by volume) Orthodox church building in the world.

| Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń

| {{convert|44|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Licheń Stary

| Poland

| Highest nave in Poland, 77 m wide. The highest point inside the church (dome presbytery) is 85 meters high

| Cologne Cathedral

| {{convert|43.35|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://www.koelner-dom.de/index.php?id=55&L=1 "Measures and dates"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108072717/https://www.koelner-dom.de/index.php?id=55&L=1 |date=2017-11-08 }}. Der Kölner Dom. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

|Cologne

| Highest height to width ratio of any nave

| Amiens Cathedral

| {{convert|42.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}Der Geschichtliche Weg Der grossen Kathedralen Frankreichs, France Monuments.

| Amiens

| Metz Cathedral

| {{convert|41.41|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Metz

| St Bartholomew's Church

| Largest glass surface

|{{convert|41.15|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://www.visitbrighton.com/things-to-do/st-bartholomews-church-p349601 "St Bartholomews Church"]. Visit Brighton. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

| Brighton

| Highest nave in the UK, not vaulted (wooden wagon roof).

| Ulm Münster

| {{convert|41|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://www.uquebec.ca/musique/orgues/allemagne/ulmsm.html#English "St. Mary's Lutheran Cathedral"]. Université du Québec. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

| Ulm

| Narbonne Cathedral

| {{convert|41|m|ft|abbr=on}}

{{convert|40.1|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://www.uquebec.ca/musique/orgues/france/narbonnec.html#English "Narbonne"]. Université du Québec. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

| Narbonne

| Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida

| Only the great choir of this French Gothic cathedral has been built.

| {{convert|40|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Aparecida

| Brazil

| Third biggest church in the world. Biggest place of worship in all the Americas.

| St. Mary's Church

| {{convert|38.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Lübeck

| Highest brick vault in the world.

| Reims Cathedral

| {{convert|37.95|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Reims

| Cathedral of St. John the Divine

| Holds the world record for statues: 2303 stone figurines are represented on it.

| {{convert|37.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc-architecture.com/HAR/HAR002.htm|title=Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine|accessdate=2010-11-07 |quote= |publisher= New York Architecture }}

| New York City

| Cathedral of La Plata

| {{convert|37.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| La Plata

| Argentina

| Nantes Cathedral

| {{convert|37.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Nantes

| Bourges Cathedral

| {{convert|37|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Bourges

| Chartres Cathedral

| {{convert|37|m|ft|abbr=on}}
{{convert|36.55|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Chartres

| Basilica of St. Thérèse

| {{convert|37|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Lisieux

| St. Nicholas

| {{convert|37|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Wismar

| Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

| {{convert|37|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://www.xxc.ru/english/complex/xxc/index.htm "The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325215804/http://www.xxc.ru/english/complex/xxc/index.htm |date=2009-03-25 }}. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

| Moscow

| Russia

| Liverpool Cathedral

| {{convert|36.54|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Liverpool

| Seville Cathedral

| {{convert|36|m|ft|abbr=on}}[https://www.spain.info/en/places-of-interest/cathedral-sevilla/ "Seville Cathedral"]. Spain (official tourism portal). Retrieved 01 March 2025.

| Seville

| Ranked as largest medieval Gothic church. The vaults at the crossing reach 40 m.

| Tournai Cathedral

| {{convert|36|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Tournai

| Highest nave in the Low Countries

| New Cathedral

| {{convert|35.4|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Salamanca

| Notre Dame

| {{convert|35|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=http://freenet.buffalo.edu/bah/a/virtual/fr/nd/fac/index.html |title=Façade - Notre Dame Cathedral |publisher=Buffalo Architecture and History |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322111719/http://freenet.buffalo.edu/bah/a/virtual/fr/nd/fac/index.html |archivedate=22 March 2007}}
{{convert|34|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://ndparis.free.fr/notredamedeparis/menus/paris_notredame_chiffres_et_anecdotes.html "Notre Dame en long et en large chiffres et anecdotes"]. Notre Dame de Paris. Retrieved 24 January 2013.[http://www.planetware.com/paris/notre-dame-interior-f-p-ndi.htm "Notre-Dame de Paris, Paris – Interior"]. Planetware. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

| Paris

| Málaga Cathedral

| {{convert|35|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Málaga

| St. George church

| {{convert|35|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Wismar

| Granada Cathedral

| {{convert|34.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://catedraldegranada.com/la-catedral/arquitectura-decoracion-2/la-planta-catedralicia/ "Catedral de Granada [homepage]"]

| Granada

| Basilica of Saint-Quentin

| {{convert|34|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Saint-Quentin

| Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe

| {{convert|34|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://www.santuarioguadalupano.org.mx/elproyecto.html "El proyecto"]. Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

| Zamora de Hidalgo

| Mexico

| Tallest Neo-Gothic church in Mexico, 106 m. Still under construction. Known as the "Incomplete Cathedral" ("La Catedral Inconclusa").

| Girona Cathedral

| {{convert|34|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Girona

| Church of Our Lady of the Snows

| Widest Gothic nave in the world, 22.98 m, and lower ratio high/wide{{clarify|date=May 2019}} in Gothic architecture

| {{convert|34|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://www.praguewelcome.cz/srv/www/en/objects/detail.x?id=42608 "Church of Our Lady of the Snows"]. Prague Welcome. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

| Prague

| Czech Republic

| {{convert|39|m|ft|abbr=on}} high nave destroyed during Hussite Wars

| Chiesa di San Nicolò

| {{convert|33.35|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=Architettura del Tempio|url=http://www.sannicolotreviso.it/2016/06/30/architettura-del-tempio/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=www.sannicolotreviso.it|date=30 June 2016|language=it-IT}}

| Treviso

| Le Mans Cathedral

| {{convert|33|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Le Mans

| Segovia Cathedral

| {{convert|33|m|ft|abbr=on}}[ftp://clip.dia.fi.upm.es/pub/plilp-alp-94/www/events.html "Social events"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. CLIP Lab. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

| Segovia

| St. Vitus Cathedral

|{{convert|33|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=http://www.katedralapraha.cz/?lang=cz&pageId=o-katedrale-stavba |title=Stavba |publisher=Katedrála sv. Víta |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525003049/http://www.katedralapraha.cz/?lang=cz&pageId=o-katedrale-stavba |archivedate=25 May 2007}}

| Prague

| Czech Republic

| Speyer Cathedral

| {{convert|33|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Speyer

| Highest romanesque vault

| St. Mary's church

| {{convert|32.95|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Stralsund

| World's highest building from 1625 to 1647 (151 m). Today 104 m.

| St. Mary's Church

| {{convert|32.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Stargard Szczeciński

| Poland

| Second highest nave in Poland

| Batalha Monastery

| {{convert|32.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.elycathedral.org/visit/facts-and-figures|title=Ely Cathedral - Facts and Figures}}

| Batalha

| Portugal

| Aachen Cathedral

| {{convert|32|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Aachen

| Height of the gothic choir.

|Bayeux cathedral

|32 m

(105 ft)

|Bayeux

| Strasbourg Cathedral

| {{convert|32|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Strasbourg

| Ely Cathedral

| {{convert|32|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Ely

| Glasgow Cathedral

| {{convert|32|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Glasgow

| Magdeburg Cathedral

| {{convert|32|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Magdeburg

| Santa Maria del Mar

| {{convert|32|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Barcelona

| Greatest separation between pillars in Gothic architecture (15 m)

| Engelbrekt Church

| {{convert|32|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Stockholm

| Sweden

| Highest nave in Scandinavia

| Regensburg Cathedral

| {{convert|31.85|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite book | last = Hubel | first = Achim | title = Regensburg: St Peter's Cathedral | publisher = Schnell & Steiner | series = Schnell, Art Guide | edition = 4th | year = 2010 | location = Regensburg | pages = 12 | isbn = 978-3-7954-6162-1 }}

| Regensburg

| Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

| {{convert|31.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Los Angeles

| St. Martin's Cathedral

| {{convert|31.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Utrecht

| The nave collapsed during a storm in 1674.

| St. Mary's Church

| {{convert|31.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Rostock

| St Bavo's Cathedral

| {{convert|31.1|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://www.tento.be/OKV-artikel/de-sint-baafskathedraal-gent-monument-en-heiligdom "OKV: De Sint-Baafskathedraal gent. Monument en heiligdom."]. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

| Ghent

| Westminster Abbey

| {{convert|31|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://www.europanas.com/londres-en.htm "Jewels of the Architecture: London"]. Europanas. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

| London

| Munich Frauenkirche

| {{convert|31|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Munich

| York Minster

| {{convert|31|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| York

| Washington National Cathedral

| St. Olaf's Church

| {{convert|31|m|ft|abbr=on}}St. Olaf's Church, Tallinn

| Tallinn

| Estonia

| {{convert|31|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Washington, D.C.

|Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

|30.5 m (100 ft)

|Washington, D.C.

|United States

|Riverside Church

|30.5 m (100 ft){{cite report|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12001036.pdf|title=Historic Structures Report: Riverside Church|date=December 21, 2012|publisher=National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service|ref={{harvid|National Park Service|2012}}|access-date=November 11, 2019|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224092118/https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12001036.pdf|url-status=live|p=7}}

|New York City

|United States

| Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran

| {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Rome

| Pavia Cathedral

| {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Pavia

| St. Peter's Church

| {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Riga

| Latvia

| St. Bavo Church

| {{convert|29|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Haarlem

| The nave is covered by a 16th-century wooden net vault.

| Saint Thomas Church

| {{convert|29|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| New York City

| St. John's Cathedral

| {{convert|29|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| 's-Hertogenbosch

| St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna

| {{convert|28|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Vienna

| Austria

| Height mentioned on the German Wikipedia article without source.

| St. Catherine's Church

| {{convert|28|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Brielle

| St Paul's Cathedral

| {{convert|28|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| London

| Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

| {{convert|28|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web | url=https://www.cathedral.bg/en/architecture/ | title=Architecture }} of the central nave

| Sofia

| Bulgaria

| Church of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saint John the Baptist

| {{convert|28|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1035807523-santini/30024234405/826-ukazky-z-nekterych-santiniho-del/ "Santini"]. Česká televize. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

| Kutná Hora

| Czech Republic

| Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)

| {{convert|28|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=De Kathedraal - Facts and Figures|url=http://dekathedraal.be/en/weetjes.htm|website=dekathedraal.be |access-date=30 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213341/http://dekathedraal.be/en/weetjes.htm|archive-date=2015-09-23}}

| Antwerp

| St. Rumbold's Cathedral

| {{convert|28|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Mechelen

| Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia

| Height mentioned on the Dutch Wikipedia article without source.

| {{convert|28|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{Cite web|url=http://catedralbcn.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=80&lang=en|title = Dimensions}}

| Barcelona

| Grace Cathedral

| {{convert|27.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{Cite web|url=https://gracecathedral.org/architecture-2/|title=Architecture}}

| San Francisco

| Lancing College Chapel

| {{convert|27.4|m|ft|abbr=on}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.visitworthing.co.uk/what-to-do/lancing-college-chapel-p45563|title = Nimbus Hosting}}

| Lancing

| Upper Church

| {{convert|27|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Kampen

| Uppsala Cathedral

| {{convert|27|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://www.linkopingsdomkyrka.se/default.asp?page=page&menuid=12&pageid=134 "Hur hög och hur lång?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140723062802/http://www.linkopingsdomkyrka.se/default.asp?page=page&menuid=12&pageid=134 |date=2014-07-23 }}. Linköpings domkyrkoförsamling. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

| Uppsala

| Sweden

| Der Aa Church

| {{convert|26|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Groningen

| Salisbury Cathedral

| {{convert|25.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/visitor.faqs.php "Frequently Asked Questions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005003737/http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/visitor.faqs.php |date=2013-10-05 }}. Salisbury Cathedral. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

| Salisbury

| De Krijtberg

| {{convert|25|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Amsterdam

| Lincoln Cathedral

| {{convert|25|m|ft|abbr=on}}[http://boar.org.uk/ariwxo3RegDoc002.htm "Plan and Description of Lincoln Cathedral from an Anonymous guide booklet printed near the end of the Nineteenth Century"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722185337/http://boar.org.uk/ariwxo3RegDoc002.htm |date=2012-07-22 }}. The Bourne Archive. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

| Lincoln

|Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

| A central spire from after 1311 until 1548 had a reputed height of {{convert|160|m|ft|abbr=on}}, which would have made the cathedral the tallest structure in the world during the spire's existence.

| {{convert|24.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Spokane

| Church of Our Lady

| {{convert|24|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Dordrecht

| Canterbury Cathedral

| {{convert|24|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Canterbury

| East Liberty Presbyterian Church

|Nave is {{convert|80|ft|abbr=off}} with a crossing height of {{convert|92|ft|abbr=off}}, and a tower {{convert|169|ft|abbr=off}} tall

| |22.86 m (75 ft){{cite book | url= http://www.phlf.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Historic-Plaques-2010b.pdf |title=Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 |publisher=Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation | location=Pittsburgh, PA | year=2010 | accessdate=July 2, 2010}}

| Pittsburgh