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Cathedrals, Churches and Abbeys

Christian houses of worship, from the great Gothic cathedrals of France and Germany to the Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia, the onion domes of Red Square, the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, an abbey on a tidal island and the unfinished church of Barcelona. A building belongs here when the cited article calls it a cathedral, church, basilica, chapel or abbey. It excludes mosques, shrines and temples. The group follows the role the cited article names.

Cathedrals, Churches and Abbeys
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Hagia Sophia (Wikipedia)
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It was formerly a church (360-1453) and a museum (1935-2020).
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Notre-Dame de Paris (Wikipedia)
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Notre-Dame de Paris (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris French: [nɔtʁ(ə) dam də paʁi] : "Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris"), often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral and basilica on the Île de la
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Chartres Cathedral (Wikipedia)
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Chartres Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, lit. 'Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres') is a Catholic cathedral in Chartres, France, about 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Paris, and is the seat of the Bishop of
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Sagrada Familia (Wikipedia)
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Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, or simply Sagrada Família, is a Catholic church in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Cologne Cathedral (Wikipedia)
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Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, pronounced [ˌkœlnɐ ˈdoːm] ) is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Saint Basil's Cathedral (Wikipedia)
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The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed (Russian: Собор Василия Блаженного, romanized: Sobor Vasiliya Blazhennogo), commonly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is a Russian Orthodox church on Red Square in the historic centre of
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Wikipedia
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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey (Wikipedia)
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The Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey is an abbey located within the city and island of Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, in the department of Manche.
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Niccoline Chapel (Wikipedia)
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The Niccoline Chapel (Italian: Cappella Niccolina) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City.
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St. Peter's Basilica (Wikipedia)
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is a church of the Italian Renaissance located in Vatican City
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