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Which of these legendary Christian cathedrals is the most awe-inspiring?
🏆 Leading: Chartres Cathedral (France) — rebuilt in a swift 26 years (1194–1220); keeps roughly 176 original medieval stained-glass windows, the best-preserved set in the world, hidden piece by piece to survive both World Wars

Chartres Cathedral (France) — rebuilt in a swift 26 years (1194–1220); keeps roughly 176 original medieval stained-glass windows, the best-preserved set in the world, hidden piece by piece to survive both World Wars is leading so far with 29%.

Westminster Abbey (London) — the coronation church since 1066, including King Charles III in 2023; over 3,300 people are buried or memorialized inside, from monarchs to Newton, Darwin, and Hawking is second. On this few votes the split is still anyone's guess.

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Which of these legendary Christian cathedrals is the most awe-inspiring?
29%
Leading answer
Chartres Cathedral (France) — rebuilt in a swift 26 years (1194–1220); keeps roughly 176 original medieval stained-glass windows, the best-preserved set in the world, hidden piece by piece to survive both World Wars
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St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City) — the world's largest church interior; Michelangelo's dome soars 136.6m; took 120 years (1506–1626) to build and holds up to 60,000 worshippers
Sagrada Família (Barcelona) — Gaudí began it in 1883; still being finished after 140+ years, on track for 2026; its tallest tower will be 172.5m — deliberately 1m short of Barcelona's Montjuïc hill "so as not to surpass God's creation"
Notre-Dame de Paris (France) — built 1163–1345; survived the French Revolution; reopened Dec 2024 after the 2019 fire, its spire and roof rebuilt using over 1,000 oak trees
Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Türkiye) — built in under 6 years (532–537 AD) for Emperor Justinian I; the world's largest cathedral for nearly 1,000 years; has been church, mosque, museum, and mosque again
Saint Basil's Cathedral (Moscow) — built 1555–1561 for Ivan the Terrible; its 9 vividly colored, uniquely shaped domes have never been repeated; legend says Ivan blinded the architect so he could never top it
Chartres Cathedral (France) — rebuilt in a swift 26 years (1194–1220); keeps roughly 176 original medieval stained-glass windows, the best-preserved set in the world, hidden piece by piece to survive both World Wars
Westminster Abbey (London) — the coronation church since 1066, including King Charles III in 2023; over 3,300 people are buried or memorialized inside, from monarchs to Newton, Darwin, and Hawking
Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano) — took nearly 600 years to finish (1386–1965); the largest church in Italy, covered in about 3,400 statues and 135 spires, more than any other building on Earth

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