  from the middle ages until the advent of the skyscraper, christian church buildings were often the world's tallest buildings. from 1311, when the spire of lincoln cathedral surpassed the height of the great pyramid of giza, until the washington monument was completed in 1884, a succession of church buildings held this title. if it is completed, barcelona's sagrada famÃ­lia will become the tallest church in the world, at 170&nbsp;m (558&nbsp;ft). this list does not include church buildings that incorporate a significant portion of space to non-church uses, such as the chicago temple building. it does not include structures from other religions. ==existing==  note: the church buildings are ordered based on their tallest recorded height in history. churches in italics and marked with h (for historical) either no longer exist or no longer stand to their original full height as listed. when the current shorter height still is significant, church buildings may be mentioned a second time on the list. to view the tallest present churches, click the sorting button in the h column. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:1px; border:1px solid #ccc;" |- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:#ccc;" !height metres&nbsp;(feet) !h !name !completion !city !country !class="unsortable" |comment |- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:#f8f8ff;" |  m (530&nbsp;ft) || || ulm minster ||  | ulm ||  || largest protestant gothic church in germany; 768 stairs going up to a height of 143 m. spires were intended to be shorter, but height increased to surpass cologne cathedral. |- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:#f8f8ff;" |  m (524&nbsp;ft) || h || lincoln cathedral ||  | lincoln ||  | today 83 m&nbsp;â spire collapsed in a storm in 1549; tallest building in the world from 1311 to 1549; was 103 metres from 1549 to 1807. |- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:#f8f8ff;" |  m (518&nbsp;ft) || || our lady of peace basilica ||  | yamoussoukro ||  | possibly the largest church in the world (disputed with st peter's basilica); world's tallest domed church, the dome being lower but the cross taller than that of st peter's basilica, rome; tallest roman catholic church in the world. |- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left; background:#f8f8ff;" |  m (516&nbsp;ft) || || cologne cathedral || {{dts|1880}
Construction_records Lists_of_church_buildings Lists_of_tallest_buildings Superlatives_in_religion