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.

List of highest church naves

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Table Section Text: 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.

#	Cathedral/Church	Nave height (meters)	City	Country	Comment

1	Beauvais Cathedral	47.5 m (156 ft)	Beauvais	France	The "Parthenon of French Gothic", 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) 45 m (148 ft)	Vatican City	Vatican City

3	Milan Cathedral	45 m (148 ft)	Milan	Italy

3	Florence Cathedral	45 m (148 ft)	Florence	Italy

3	Sagrada Família	45 m (148 ft)	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.

3	Santa Chiara	45 m (148 ft)	Naples	Italy

7	San Petronio Basilica	44.24 m (145.1 ft)	Bologna	Italy

8	Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń	44 m (144 ft)	Licheń Stary	Poland	Highest nave in Poland, wide 77m. The highest point inside church (Dome-presbytery) have 85 meters high

8	Chiesa di San Nicolò	44 m (144 ft)	Treviso	Italy

8	Palma Cathedral	44 m (144 ft)	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)

11	Cologne Cathedral	43.35 m (142.2 ft)	Cologne	Germany	Highest height to width ratio of any nave

12	Amiens Cathedral	42.3 m (139 ft)	Amiens	France

13	Seville Cathedral	42 m (138 ft)	Seville	Spain	Ranked as largest medieval Gothic church

14	Metz Cathedral	41.41 m (135.9 ft)	Metz	France	Largest glass surface

15	St Bartholomew's Church	41.15 m (135.0 ft)	Brighton	United Kingdom	Highest nave in the UK, not vaulted (wooden wagon roof).

16	Ulm Münster	41 m (135 ft)	Ulm	Germany

17	Narbonne Cathedral	41 m (135 ft) 40.1 m (132 ft)	Narbonne	France	Only the great choir of this French gothic cathedral has been built

18	Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida	40 m (130 ft)	Aparecida	Brazil	Third biggest church in the world. Biggest temple of all Americas.

19	St. Mary's Church	38.5 m (126 ft)	Lübeck	Germany	Highest brick vault in the world.

20	Hagia Sophia	38 m (125 ft)	Istanbul	Turkey

21	Reims Cathedral	37.95 m (124.5 ft)	Reims	France	This cathedral possesses the record of the world of statues: 2303 stone figurines are represented to it.

22	Cathedral of Saint John the Divine	37.7 m (124 ft)	New York City	United States

23	St Paul's Cathedral	37.5 m (123 ft)	London	United Kingdom

23	Cathedral of La Plata	37.5 m (123 ft)	La Plata	Argentina

23	Nantes Cathedral	37.5 m (123 ft)	Nantes	France

26	Bourges Cathedral	37 m (121 ft)	Bourges	France

26	Chartres Cathedral	37 m (121 ft) 36.55 m (119.9 ft)	Chartres	France

26	Basilica of St. Thérèse	37 m (121 ft)	Lisieux	France

26	St Nicholas	37 m (121 ft)	Wismar	Germany

26	Cathedral of Christ the Saviour	37 m (121 ft)	Moscow	Russia

31	Liverpool Cathedral	36.54 m (119.9 ft)	Liverpool	United Kingdom

32	Tournai Cathedral	36 m (118 ft)	Tournai	Belgium	Highest nave in the Low Countries

33	New Cathedral	35.4 m (116 ft)	Salamanca	Spain

34	Notre Dame	35 m (115 ft) 34 m (112 ft)	Paris	France

34	Málaga Cathedral	35 m (115 ft)	Málaga	Spain

34	St. George church	35 m (115 ft)	Wismar	Germany

37	Granada Cathedral	34.5 m (113 ft)	Granada	Spain

38	Basilica of Saint-Quentin	34 m (112 ft)	Saint-Quentin	France

38	Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe	34 m (112 ft)	Zamora de Hidalgo	Mexico	Tallest neo-gothic church in Mexico, 106 m. Still under construction. Known as the "Incomplete Cathedral" ("La Catedral Inconclusa").

38	Girona Cathedral	34 m (112 ft)	Girona	Spain	Widest gothic nave in the world, 22.98 m, and lower ratio high/wide in gothic architecture

38	Church of Our Lady of the Snows	34 m (112 ft)	Prague	Czech Republic	39 m (128 ft) high nave destroyed during Hussite Wars

42	Le Mans Cathedral	33 m (108 ft)	Le Mans	France

42	Segovia Cathedral	33 m (108 ft)	Segovia	Spain

42	St. Vitus Cathedral	33 m (108 ft)	Prague	Czech Republic

42	Speyer Cathedral	33 m (108 ft)	Speyer	Germany	Highest romanesque vault

46	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.

47	St. Mary's Church	32.5 m (107 ft)	Stargard Szczeciński	Poland	Secound highest nave in Poland

47	Batalha Monastery	32.5 m (107 ft)	Batalha	Portugal

49	Aachen Cathedral	32 m (105 ft)	Aachen	Germany	Height of the gothic choir.

49	Strasbourg Cathedral	32 m (105 ft)	Strasbourg	France

49	Ely Cathedral	32 m (105 ft)	Ely	United Kingdom

49	Glasgow Cathedral	32 m (105 ft)	Glasgow	United Kingdom

49	Magdeburg Cathedral	32 m (105 ft)	Magdeburg	Germany

49	Santa Maria del Mar	32 m (105 ft)	Barcelona	Spain	Greatest separation among pillars in gothic architecture (15 m)

49	Engelbrekt Church	32 m (105 ft)	Stockholm	Sweden	Highest nave in Scandinavia

56	Regensburg Cathedral	31.85 m (104.5 ft)	Regensburg	Germany

57	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels	31.7 m (104 ft)	Los Angeles	United States

58	St. Martin's Cathedral	31.5 m (103 ft)	Utrecht	Netherlands	The nave collapsed during a storm in 1674

58	St. Mary's Church	31.5 m (103 ft)	Rostock	Germany

60	St Bavo's Cathedral	31.1 m (102 ft)	Ghent	Belgium

61	Westminster Abbey	31 m (102 ft)	London	United Kingdom

61	Munich Frauenkirche	31 m (102 ft)	Munich	Germany

61	York Minster	31 m (102 ft)	York	United Kingdom

61	St. Olaf's Church	31 m (102 ft)	Tallinn	Estonia

61	Washington National Cathedral	31 m (102 ft)	Washington, D.C.	United States

66	Archbasilica of St. John Lateran	30 m (98 ft)	Rome	Italy

66	Pavia Cathedral	30 m (98 ft)	Pavia	Italy

68	St. John's Cathedral	29 m (95 ft)	's-Hertogenbosch	Netherlands

69	Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia	28 m (92 ft)	Sofia	Bulgaria	Height of the nave roof span

69	Church of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saint John the Baptist	28 m (92 ft)	Kutná Hora	Czech Republic

69	Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)	28 m (92 ft)	Antwerp	Belgium

69	St. Rumbold's Cathedral	28 m (92 ft)	Mechelen	Belgium	Height mentioned on the Dutch Wikipedia article without source.

69	Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia	28 m (92 ft)	Barcelona	Spain

74	Grace Cathedral	27.7 m (91 ft)	San Francisco	United States

75	Lancing College Chapel	27.4 m (90 ft)	Lancing	United Kingdom

76	Uppsala Cathedral	27 m (89 ft)	Uppsala	Sweden

77	Salisbury Cathedral	25.5 m (84 ft)	Salisbury	United Kingdom

78	Lincoln Cathedral	25 m (82 ft)	Lincoln	United Kingdom	A central spire from after 1311 until 1548 had a reputed height of 160 m (520 ft), which would have made the cathedral the tallest structure in the world during the spire's existence.

79	Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist	24.3 m (80 ft)	Spokane	United States

80	Canterbury Cathedral	24 m (79 ft)	Canterbury	United Kingdom	Nave is 80 feet (24 metres) with a crossing height of 92 feet (28 metres), and a tower that is 169 feet (52 metres) tall

81	Grundtvigskirken	22 m (72 ft)	Copenhagen	Denmark

82	All Saints Cathedral	19.5 m (64 ft)	Halifax	Canada

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Metz cathedral has the largest glass windows, and is one of the highest nave in the world.

final_sentence: Metz cathedral has the largest glass windows, and is one of the highest nave in the world.