The Ultimate Famous Churches of Europe Quiz | World Sites

Answer: Barcelona

Gaudi spent 40 years of his life working on the controversial cathedral, and left no plans. It is expected that it will take till at least the year 2085 to complete it.

Answer: Notre Dame

The Victor Hugo novel known to many of us as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", together with its location on the Ile de la Cité in the historic centre of Paris, have probably made this cathedral as famous as it is today.

Answer: Canterbury Cathedral

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the spiritual head of the Church of England. Since the reign of Henry VIII the monarch of the day has been the lay head ("Supreme Governor") of the Church of England. Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral when some knights misunderstood Henry II and disposed of Becket for displeasing the monarch in a confrontation between the monarchy and the church.

Answer: Martin Luther

Martin Luther is the generally acknowledged the father of the reformation. In 1517 is key objection was to the sale of "indulgences" - which were supposed to buy specified dead people less time in purgatory. His early objectives were reform within the Catholic Church and not, of course, division.

A painting of him hangs on the wall in the Castle Church, and the largest German protestant denomination is named "Lutheran" after him. The 31st October, the day in 1517 when he nailed the thesis in Wittenberg, is sometimes referred to as "Martin Luther Day".

Answer: St Mark's Basilica

The floor is so damaged by the fact that Venice is slowly sinking, that the lovely tiled floors undulate at crazy angles. St Mark is said to be buried under the altar, after his body was allegedly brought back from Egypt in a barrel of pork.

Answer: St Peter's

St Peter was crucified upside-down on the Vatican Hill in Rome - or so it said. He is buried in the crypt of St Peters Basilica, underneath the central lantern. The cathedral church of the diocese of Rome is *not* St. Peter's, but St. John Lateran.

Answer: St Sebastian's

St Sebastian's tomb is under the church. He is the patron saint of archers, armourers, arrowsmiths, athletes, bookbinders, diseased cattle, dying people, enemies of religion, fletchers, gardeners, iron mongers, lacemakers, laceworkers, masons, plague, police, racquet makers, Rio de Janeiro, soldiers, Spanish police officers, stone masons, stonecutters. How's that for a list?
The first church on the site was built in the 4th century.

Answer: der Kölner Dom

With beautiful stained glass and soaring roofs, it is one of the great cathedrals of the world. Started in the Middle Ages, the plan was immensely ambitious, was abadoned in the 16th century and the cathedral wasn't completed till about 1890. For about 150 years a busy road passed through the then incomplete building!

Answer: Chapel at the Hofburg

There are now 100 boys in the choir who form four separate touring groups. Festung Hohensalzburg is the castle in Salzburg. The other two are churches mentioned in other questions.

Answer: St Paul's Cathedral

It is often remembered as the venue for the marriage of Charles and Diana and the funeral of Winston Churchill, but more often remembered for its visible and distinctive dome on the London skyline. Nelson and Wellington are amongst those buried in the crypt.