List of highest church naves


The nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church, in Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting. The nave of a church, whether Romanesque, Gothic or Classical, extends from the entry to the chancel and is flanked by lower aisles separated from the nave by an arcade.
Note: Due to lack of documented verification, the lower part of the list is incomplete and probably has missing cathedrals.
#Cathedral/ChurchCityCountryNotes
1Beauvais CathedralBeauvaisFranceOnly one bay of the nave was built, but choir and transepts were completed to the same height.
2St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican CityVatican City
3=Florence CathedralFlorenceItaly
3=Milan CathedralMilanItaly
3=Sagrada FamíliaBarcelonaSpainStill under construction. Vaults of the crossing and the apse reach 60 and 75 metres respectively.
3=Santa Chiara~
~		NaplesItaly
7San Petronio BasilicaBolognaItaly
8Palma CathedralPalmaSpainPillars sustaining vaults are the narrowest in the world; measuring of vault width.
8People's Salvation CathedralBucharestRomaniaTallest and largest Orthodox church building in the world.
10Cologne CathedralCologneGermanyHighest height to width ratio of any nave.
11Amiens CathedralAmiensFrance
12Málaga CathedralMálagaSpainAll three naves reach the same height, the highest among the Andalusian cathedrals.
13Metz CathedralMetzFrance
14St Bartholomew's ChurchBrightonUnited Kingdom
15=Ulm MünsterUlmGermany
15=Narbonne Cathedral
NarbonneFranceOnly the great choir of this French Gothic church is completely built.
17Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady AparecidaAparecidaBrazil
18St. Mary's ChurchLübeckGermanyHighest brick vault in the world.
19Reims CathedralReimsFranceHolds the world record for statues: 2303 stone figurines are represented on it.
20Cathedral of St. John the DivineNew York CityUnited States
21=Cathedral of La PlataLa PlataArgentina
21=Nantes CathedralNantesFrance
23=Bourges CathedralBourgesFrance
23=Chartres Cathedral
ChartresFrance
23=Basilica of St. ThérèseLisieuxFrance
23=St. NicholasWismarGermany
23=Cathedral of Christ the SaviourMoscowRussia
28Liverpool CathedralLiverpoolUnited Kingdom
29=Seville CathedralSevilleSpainLargest medieval Gothic church. The vaults at the crossing reach 40 m.
29=Tournai CathedralTournaiBelgiumHighest nave in the Low Countries
31New CathedralSalamancaSpain
32=Notre Dame
ParisFrance
32=St. George churchWismarGermany
34Granada CathedralGranadaSpain
35=Basilica of Saint-QuentinSaint-QuentinFrance
35=Cathedral of Our Lady of GuadalupeZamora de HidalgoMexicoStill under construction. Known as the "Incomplete Cathedral".
35=Girona CathedralGironaSpainWidest Gothic nave in the world, 22.98 m, and lower ratio high/wide in Gothic architecture
35=Church of Our Lady of the SnowsPragueCzech Republic high nave destroyed during Hussite Wars
39Chiesa di San NicolòTrevisoItaly
40=Le Mans CathedralLe MansFrance
40=Segovia CathedralSegoviaSpain
40=St. Vitus CathedralPragueCzech Republic
40=Speyer CathedralSpeyerGermanyHighest Romanesque vault
40=St. Mary's ChurchStralsundGermanyWorld's highest building from 1625 to 1647. Today 104 m.
45=St. Mary's ChurchStargard SzczecińskiPoland
45=Batalha MonasteryBatalhaPortugal
47=Aachen CathedralAachenGermanyHeight of the gothic choir.
47=Bayeux Cathedral32 m BayeuxFrance
47=Strasbourg CathedralStrasbourgFrance
50=Ely CathedralElyUnited Kingdom
50Glasgow CathedralGlasgowUnited Kingdom
50=Magdeburg CathedralMagdeburgGermany
50=Santa Maria del MarBarcelonaSpainGreatest separation between pillars in Gothic architecture
50=Engelbrekt ChurchStockholmSweden
55Regensburg CathedralRegensburgGermany
56Cathedral of Our Lady of the AngelsLos AngelesUnited States
57=St. Martin's CathedralUtrechtNetherlandsRuin. The nave collapsed during a storm in 1674.
57=St. Mary's ChurchRostockGermany
59=St Bavo's CathedralGhentBelgium
59=Westminster AbbeyLondonUnited Kingdom
59=Munich FrauenkircheMunichGermany
59=York MinsterYorkUnited Kingdom
59=St. Olaf's ChurchTallinnEstonia
59=Washington National CathedralWashington, D.C.United States
65=Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception30.5 m Washington, D.C.United States
65=Riverside Church30.5 m New York CityUnited States
67=Archbasilica of Saint John LateranRomeItaly
67=Pavia CathedralPaviaItaly
67=St. Peter's ChurchRigaLatvia
70=St. Bavo ChurchHaarlemNetherlandsThe nave is covered by a 16th-century wooden net vault.
70=Saint Thomas ChurchNew York CityUnited States
70St. John's Cathedral's-HertogenboschNetherlands
73=St. Catherine's ChurchBrielleNetherlands
73=St Paul's CathedralLondonUnited Kingdom
73=Alexander Nevsky CathedralSofiaBulgaria-
73=Church of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saint John the BaptistKutná HoraCzech Republic
73=Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)AntwerpBelgium
73=Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint EulaliaBarcelonaSpain
79Grace CathedralSan FranciscoUnited States
80Lancing College ChapelLancingUnited Kingdom
81=Upper ChurchKampenNetherlands
81=Uppsala CathedralUppsalaSweden
83Der Aa ChurchGroningenNetherlands
84Salisbury CathedralSalisburyUnited Kingdom
85=De KrijtbergAmsterdamNetherlands-
85=Lincoln CathedralLincolnUnited Kingdom
87Cathedral of St. John the EvangelistSpokaneUnited States
88=Church of Our LadyDordrechtNetherlands
88=Canterbury CathedralCanterburyUnited KingdomNave with a crossing height of
88=Turku Cathedral24 m
TurkuFinland
91East Liberty Presbyterian Church22.86 m PittsburghUnited States-
92All Saints CathedralHalifaxCanada