Amazing Churches

Michael Kerrigan was educated at St. Edward’s College and University College, Oxford, England. He is the author of History of the World, Abandoned Places of World War II, English Myths and Amazing Churches of the World. He is a columnist, book reviewer, and feature writer for publications including the Scotsman and the Times Literary Supplement. Michael Kerrigan lives with his family in Edinburgh.

THE WORLD'S TWO BILLION-PLUS Christians worship in churches of every size and style, from storefronts to cathedrals. In "Amazing Churches of the World (Amber Books), author Michael Kerrigan documents more than 150 of the most unusual, including an 800-year-old Norwegian church with eerie carved wooden dragon heads; a Mexican church bullt on top of an ancient pyramid, and Barcelona's massive Basilica de la Sagrada Familia.

• Introduction Iglesia de la Merced, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina North Portal, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, FranceEurope Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, England Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England St Paul’s Cathedral, London, England Westminster Abbey, London, England Liverpool Catholic Cathedral, England Coventry Cathedral, West Midlands, England St Materiana’s Church, Tintagel, Cornwall, England Glasgow Cathedral, Scotland Rug Chapel, Corwen, Wales St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, Northern Ireland Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland Notre-Dame, Paris, France Sacre-Coeur, Paris, France Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France Reims Cathedral, Marne, France Church of St. Roch, Lisbon, Portugal Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain Valencia Cathedral, Spain Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Spain Pantheon, Rome, Italy St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy Temple of Valadier, Genga, Marche, Italy Florence Cathedral, Tuscany, Italy Agios Nikolaos Church, Protaras, Cyprus Nea Artaki Church, Euboea, Greece St Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna, Austria Cologne Cathedral, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany Bamberg Cathedral, Bavaria, Germany Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland Borgund Stave Church, Norway Stensele Church, Västerbotten, Sweden Temppeliaukio Church,, Helsinki, Finland Church of St Peter and St Paul, Vilnius, Lithuania St Ignatius Rock Chapel, Vsemily, Bohemia, Czech Republic Church of Our Lady before Tyn, Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic Greek Catholic Church, Csenger, Hungary Ieud Hill Church, Maramures, Romania Basilica of Our Lady of Lichen, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland Kalyazin Bell Tower, Uglich Reservoir, Kalyavin, Tver Oblast, Russia St Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow, RussiaNorth America St Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City, USA Trinity Church, NYC, USA St Joseph Oratory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada First Congregational Church of Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Washington National Cathedral, DC, USA Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts, USA St Philip’s Church, Charleston, South Carolina, USA St Josaphat, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Cathedral Basilica of St Louis, Missouri, USA Cathedral of St Paul, Minnesota, USA Cathedral of St Helena, Montana, USA The Church of the Holy Ascension, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA St. Benedict’s Catholic Church, Honaunau, Hawaii, USA Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, California, USA Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California, USA Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá, San Diego, California, USA San Diego California Temple, California, USA Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona, Arizona, USA Salt Lake Temple, Utah, USA Lutheran Church, New Sweden, Texas, USA San Fernando de Bexar Cathedral San Antonio, Texas, USA Thorncrown Chapel, Arkansas, USA Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis King of France // New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Memorial Presbyterian Church, St. Augustine, Florida, USA Our Lady of Remedies Church (Iglesia de Los Remedios), Cholula, Puebla, Mexico New Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, México City, Mexico Church of Santa María Tonantzintla, Cholula, MexicoCentral & South America and the Atlantic São Francisco de Assis, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil San Juan Bautista de Remedios Church, Remedios, Villa Clara, Cuba Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia, Salvaleón de Higüey, Dominican Republic Church of San Andrés Xecul, Totonicapán, Guatemala Las Lajas Sanctuary, Ipiales, Nariño, Colombia Church El Rosario, San Salvador, El Salvador Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels, Cartago, Costa Rica Immaculate Church of Concepcion de Maria, Liberia, Costa Rica Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Coromoto, Portuguesa, Venezuela Basilica del Voto Nacional, Quito, Ecuador St. George’s Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, Paramaribo, Suriname Cathedral of Brasilia, Brazil Pampulha Church, Pampulha Lake, Minas Gerais, Brazil Cathedral of Maringa, Parana, Brazil St Rose of Lima, Peru Asunción Cathedral, Paraguay Church, Puerto Varas, Llanquihue, Chile San Francisco Church, Salta, Argentina Main Church, Angastaco, Salta, San Carlos, Argentina Christ Church, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands Grytviken Church, South Georgia Trinity Church, AntarcticaAsia & the Pacific Noravank Monastery, Yeghegnadzor, Armenia Tsminda Sameba (Holy Trinity) Church, Gergeti, Georgia Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, Georgia Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Almaty, Kazakhstan Catholic Church, Karaganda, Kazakhstan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Holy Trinity Cathedral, Karakol City, Kyrgyzstan St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Karachi, Pakistan Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore, Pakistan Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa, Goa, India St John’s Cathedral, Hong Kong Island Catholic Church of the Saviour, Beijing, China Yoido Full Gospel Church, Seoul, South Korea St Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo, Japan High-Heel Wedding Church, Budai Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Tan Dinh, Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon, Vietnam Notre Dame Cathedral, Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam St Mary’s Cathedral, Yangon, Myanmar Santa Cruz Church, Bangkok, Thailand Catholic Church, Komprongpok, Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia Christ Church, Malacca, Malaysia Abandoned Church, Bokor National Park, Kampot, Cambodia St Therese Cathedral, Savannakhet, Laos St. Thomas of Villanueva Church, Miag-ao, Iloilo, Philippines Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni, Medan, Philippines St Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore St Alphonsus Church, Singapore St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, Australia Anglican Cathedral, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Floating Wedding Chapel, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Cardboard Cathedral, Christchurch, New Zealand Hanga Roa, Easter Island, ChileThe Middle East & Africa Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth, Israel Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Beirut, Lebanon St. Anthony of Padua Church, Istanbul, Turkey Church of Saint George, Madaba, Jordan Church of Three Crosses, Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey Virgin Mary and St. Simon the Tanner Cathedral, Cairo, Egypt Archangel Michael’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Aswan Egypt Hanging Church, Cairo, Egypt Sacred Heart Church, Algiers, Algeria Notre-Dame d’Afrique, Algiers, Algeria Casablanca Cathedral, Morocco Our Lady of Peace, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast French Church, Ouidah, Benin Catholic Basilica, Ouidah, Benin National Christian Centre, Abuja, Nigeria Portuguese Church, Namibe Province, Angola Church, Baia Dos Tigres, Angola Lubango Cathedral, Angola Mudhut church, Sikaunzee, Kazungula, Zambia Dutch Reformed Church, Greyton, Western Cape, South Africa Maputo Cathedral, Mozambique Pentecostal Church, Kenya Mai Mahiu Catholic Church, Kenya Church of St George, Lalibela, Ethiopia