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Best 1 Smeaton's Tower

Smeaton's Tower is the rebuilt upper part of John Smeaton's 1759 Eddystone Lighthouse, a landmark in stone lighthouse engineering.

2 Ulm Minster

Ulm Minster is a Gothic Lutheran church in Germany, begun in 1377 and completed in 1890 with a 161.5-meter spire, long the world's tallest church.

3 Speyer Cathedral

Speyer Cathedral is a Romanesque imperial cathedral in Germany, begun in 1030 under Conrad II and listed by UNESCO in 1981.

4 Worms Cathedral

Worms Cathedral is a Romanesque former cathedral in Germany, largely built from 1130 to 1181 and associated with the 1521 Diet of Worms.

5 Lausanne Cathedral

Lausanne Cathedral is a Gothic Protestant cathedral in Lausanne, Switzerland, consecrated in 1275 and known for its medieval painted portal.

6 St Andrews Cathedral

St Andrew's Cathedral is Glasgow's Roman Catholic cathedral, designed by James Gillespie Graham and completed on the Clyde in 1816.

7 Magdeburg Cathedral

Magdeburg Cathedral is Germany's oldest Gothic cathedral, begun in 1209 and notable for the tomb of Emperor Otto I and its twin western towers.

8 St Giles' Cathedral

St Giles' Cathedral is Edinburgh's High Kirk, a Church of Scotland landmark linked to John Knox and the Scottish Reformation after 1559.

9 Bern Minster

Bern Minster is a Gothic Protestant cathedral in Bern, Switzerland, begun in 1421 and distinguished by the country's tallest church tower.

10 Basel Minster

Basel Minster is a former Catholic cathedral in Basel, Switzerland, rebuilt after the 1356 earthquake and notable for its red sandstone towers.

11 Erfurt Cathedral

Erfurt Cathedral is the Catholic cathedral of Thuringia, Germany, known for the Gloriosa bell cast by Geert van Wou in 1497.

12 Narbonne Cathedral

Narbonne Cathedral is a Gothic co-cathedral in southern France, begun in 1272 and notable for its unfinished nave and transept.

13 Amalfi Cathedral

Amalfi Cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Andrew in Amalfi, Italy, a medieval complex with a striped facade and the 13th-century Cloister of Paradise.

14 Meissen Cathedral

Meissen Cathedral is a Gothic church in Saxony, Germany, built from about 1260 to 1410 beside Albrechtsburg and tied to the 968 bishopric.

15 Toul Cathedral

Toul Cathedral is the former Saint-Etienne cathedral in Lorraine, France, a Gothic church built mainly from the 13th to 15th centuries and noted for its cloister.

16 Dunblane Cathedral

Dunblane Cathedral is a medieval Church of Scotland parish church whose mostly 13th-century Gothic fabric includes an older 11th-century tower.

17 Berlin Cathedral

Berlin Cathedral is a Protestant church on Museum Island, built in Neo-Renaissance style by Julius Raschdorff and inaugurated in 1905.

18 St Machar's Cathedral

St Machar's Cathedral is a Church of Scotland kirk in Old Aberdeen, noted for its early 16th-century heraldic ceiling of 48 coats of arms.

19 Ravello Cathedral

Ravello Cathedral is the Duomo di Ravello in Campania, Italy, founded in the 11th century and known for its medieval bronze doors and pulpit.

20 Minden Cathedral

Minden Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Minden, Germany, noted for its Romanesque and Gothic fabric rebuilt after 1945 wartime damage.

21 Dornoch Cathedral

Dornoch Cathedral is a former Caithness diocesan cathedral in the Scottish Highlands, founded in 1224 by Gilbert de Moravia.

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