List of largest domes
Famous large domes
Below is a list of large domes which are considered particularly important for various reasons but have never held the title of the largest dome in the world.

List of largest domes

Section Title: Famous large domes
Table Section Text: Below is a list of large domes which are considered particularly important for various reasons but have never held the title of the largest dome in the world.

Completed	Diameter	Name	Location	Builder	Comment

c. 64	13.48 m	Domus Aurea	Rome, Italy	Roman Empire	First dome with a polygonal ground plan (octagon). First in palace architecture

563	31.87 m	Hagia Sophia	Istanbul, Turkey	Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire	First pendentive dome in history. First completed in 537, rebuilt in 563 after earthquake.

1227	21.0 m long 16.9 m wide	St. Gereon's Basilica	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	Bishop or city?	Oval shape. Largest occidental dome built between Hagia Sophia and the Duomo

1405	18.2 m	Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasavi	Türkistan, Kazakhstan	Tamerlane	Double dome

1557	27.2 m	Süleymaniye Mosque	Istanbul, Turkey	Ottoman Empire	Architect Mimar Sinan

1575	31.25 m	Selimiye Mosque	Edirne, Turkey	Ottoman Empire	Architect Mimar Sinan

1626	42.3m	St Peter's Basilica	Rome, Italy	Holy See	Architect Michelangelo Buonarroti; Worlds Tallest and Two Layer Dome

1641	17.7 m	Taj Mahal	Agra, India	Mughal Empire

1710	30.8 m	St. Paul's Cathedral	London, England, United Kingdom	Christopher Wren	Double dome. The two domes are separated by a cone over the top of the inner which helps support the outer

1781	36.0 m	St. Blaise's Abbey	St. Blaise, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Pierre Michel d'Ixnard	Third-widest dome in Europe at the time of its construction

1871	36.6 metres (120 ft)	Mosta Dome	Mosta, Malta	Giorgio Grognet de Vassé	Third-largest unsupported dome in the world

1894	31.0 m	Marble Church	Copenhagen, Denmark	Frederick V	Built from 1749 to 1894 by three different architects, with no construction done from 1770 to 1877

1904	15.24 m	Rhode Island State House	Providence, Rhode Island, United States	Fourth-largest unsupported marble dome in the world.

1944	61.0 m	V-2 Bunker La Coupole	Wizernes, France	Nazi Germany	Reinforced concrete dome, 5m thick

1952	27 m	Rotunda of Xewkija	Xewkija, Gozo, Malta	The Architect is Joseph D'Amato. The dome is 75 m high.

1960	108.0 m	Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City, Philippines	J. Amado Araneta	Also known as the Big Dome, it opened as the world's biggest indoor venue in 1960.

1988	51.8 m	Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque	Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia	Biggest mosque in Malaysia, second biggest in South East Asia. Also known as Blue Mosque.

2005	21.3 m	Long Island Green Dome	Baiting Hollow, New York, United States	Kevin Michael Shea	Largest residential wood geodesic dome in North America. It is a home and attraction site advocating sustainable living.

2009	78 m	Medgidia clinker storage facility	Medgidia, Romania

2018	49.68 m	World Parliament of Science, Religion & Philosophy	Vishwarajbaug, Loni kalbhor Pune, India	thisan savio	India's largest free standing Reinforced Concrete Dome

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Mosta the third largest unsupported dome in the world.

final_sentence: Mosta the third largest unsupported dome in the world.