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Top 14 Churches with the strangest architecture in the world

The church is a place for religious believers to pray and perform rituals. They often gather on weekends or special days such as Easter, Christmas or certain rituals of atonement and weddings. . But with the unique and creative designs of people around the world, many churches have become tourist attractions at any time. Let's take a look at the churches with the strangest architecture in the world!

1. Colorado Air Force Academy Chapel

In terms of the most unique design, the Air Force Academy Chapel in Colorado, USA, is the first nominated place. Because every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists come to this Air Force Training Academy just to visit this unique chapel. Construction began and was completed in 1963, the chapel has a design derived from the glider wings that cadets have to practice every day, becoming the symbol of the entire Barry Goldwater Air Force Academy.


The exterior consists of 100 stacked tetrahedrons, each weighing up to 5 tons, covered with a layer of jet-grade aluminum. The inside has many convex corners like the exterior architecture seen, along with the main hall that can accommodate up to a thousand people during the Christmas season. The Air Force Academy Chapel is home to the most popular man-made tourist attraction in the state of Colorado, USA.
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2. Church of Saint Samaan El Kharaz

Built in the 19th century, Saint Samaan El Kharaz church has the largest period of activity in the city of Moqattam, Egypt. Originating from the largest golden stone slabs in the east of the city, people conducted research and decided to build the largest chapel in the center, with the main materials being available golden stone blocks. Covering the entire project is sculpture, flexibly transforming natural stone slabs into entrance gates and surrounding walls. The caves hidden inside the building are used to create spaces that serve different purposes of the church.


The entrance inside the church was built of stone, then people continued to expand the inside but still maintained the natural features of the giant stone block, creating large caves that served many different purposes. church. The inside is also fully equipped with necessary items to hold ceremonies. The four walls are carved into the images of saints in the church's religion. The largest cave is a doorless auditorium that can accommodate up to 10,000 people.

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3. Chapel of St Michel d'Aguilhe

Originating from a block of volcanic rock that had been left untouched for decades, located in the middle of a village with a large population of religious people living together. St Michel d'Aguilhe Chapel was built as a place for people to gather to pray and read scriptures.

This chapel in the city of Le Puy-En-Velay in France has two parts: the main house and the back tower. It is said that because they wanted to see the volcanic rock below as a part, the chapel was not painted on the walls, keeping the simple, pale color like stone. The roof of the main house will be repaired after a while and colored along with religious houses scattered at the foot. To get to the chapel, visitors must go through a staircase of 268 steps carefully carved around the stone block.
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4. Temppeliaukio Church

Temppeliaukio Church is located in the center of Helsinki (Finland). In 1930, two architect brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen hatched a plan to build a church hidden inside a large block of granite. However, the outbreak of World War II interrupted construction activities. It was not until 1968 that the project was restarted and officially put into use in 1969 until now.


Just like the St Michel d'Aguilhe chapel in France, the Temppeliaukio church is also built with reference to stone. People built this church by chiseling a monolithic rock located in the city of Helsinki, Finland. With the entrance door opening above ground and the entire main area located underground.


Inside the church is relatively large, the walls are a combination of the rough surface of uncorroded stone and the splendid golden bronze ceiling, creating a unique and new architectural feature that attracts many visitors. come visit. Because it was built from stone blocks and located underground, the acoustics here are so great that many concerts have borrowed the church as a venue.
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5. Las Lajas Sanctuary Church

With the standard architecture that every church in the world strives for, Las Lajas Sanctuary church has a sophisticated and luxurious beauty, and is somewhat ancient like a saint's castle. To enter the church, you must cross a bridge, which is also the intersection between the main church and the lower church of Las Lajas Sanctuary. The entire church is painted gray and white, the most standard colors and the nuns often wear darker colors.


The church was built in 1949 in a canyon on the border of Ecuador and Colombia, in the territory of Narino city, Colombia. That creates something special that can be said to be unique in this world, because Las Lajas Sanctuary is the only church in the world where visitors must bring their passport, because crossing the bridge is has crossed the border of another country.

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6. Holy Cross Chapel

On the red rock cliff in Sedona, Arizona, USA, people built the unique Holy Cross Chapel. With a height of up to 75 meters, this is one of the chapels with the highest upper part above the ground. Holy Cross Church (Basilica di Santa Croce) is worthy of a symbol of artistic beauty. The talent of Lecce's most respected artisans is clearly evident in the elaborately sculpted stone blocks and Orthodox-style decorative details inside the church. Gualtieri V di Brienne was the first to build the Holy Cross chapel in the 1350s, but after his death, the project was abandoned. It wasn't until 1549 that people continued building and another 150 years before it was completed.


The church facade is like a delicate exhibition with bas-reliefs, pillars, capitals and statues in a grotesque style. This is the work of famous Baroque artists such as Francesco Antonio Zimbalo, Cesare Penna and Giuseppe Zimbalo. On both sides of the main entrance are majestic Corinthian columns with column capitals decorated with images of gods and goddesses. If you pay attention, you will see the coats of arms of Spain's King Philip III, Mary of Enghien, Countess of Lecce and Walter VI of Brienne cleverly arranged one after another.

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7. Serbian Orthodox Church

Even though Australia is famous for being cool all year round, the desert area in Coober Pedy still sometimes has temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius. That's why the Serbian church was built underground to avoid such heat. Originating from the fact that religious miners living in the area felt the need to have a place to pray, they worked together to build a Serbian Orthodox church specifically for this Coober Pedy area. The interior is quite large with impressively built ceilings, like small domes overlapping upwards and downwards. The church hall has a monk's residence and even a school for children who have been religious since childhood.
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8. Herz - Jesu - Kirche Church

Although built in the middle of the German city of Munich, where everyone is passionate about the high-class football that takes place every week, where tourists flock to meet the lands that make World champions Last Cup, Herz - Jesu - Kirche church still maintains a large number of visitors every year. This religious building has a cubic shape, the four perfect square walls are all covered with transparent colored glass, making the entire altar inside every day when the sun rises, as well as creating a separation. separate from the outside world from the sanctified world of God's religion.

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9. Evry Cathedral

Cathedrale de la Resurrection is a large cathedral in Evry, France, with a circular design. Architect Mario Botta Architetto designed this project. It is built entirely of bricks and on the roof there are 25 linden trees symbolizing life.


The Eiffel Tower is a symbol for the whole of France, and Evry Cathedral is a building that symbolizes the country's religion. Built from 1 million red bricks, the cathedral is designed into a unique circular shape with the interior exposed to the sunlight. The glass roof and lemon garden are staged to simulate the crown of thorns worn by Jesus. To reach the highest position of the cathedral, visitors must go through 12 circular staircases connecting the 12 floors of the building.
a Germany, where everyone is passionate about the high-class football that takes place every week, where tourists flock to meet the lands that made the recent World Cup champions, the Herz - Jesu - church Kirche still maintains a large number of visitors every year. This religious building has a cubic shape, the four perfect square walls are all covered with transparent colored glass, making the entire altar inside every day when the sun rises, as well as creating a separation. separate from the outside world from the sanctified world of God's religion.

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10. Saint Augustine's Church

San Augustin Church is a Roman Catholic church under the patronage of the Society of Saint Augustine, located within the historic city walls of Intramuros in Manila. This church, along with two other churches in the complex of Baroque churches in the Philippines, was a world heritage site in 1993. The church was included in the list of outstanding Philippine national works in 1976.


Saint Augustine's Church is also known as Paoay Church after the city of Paoay located in the Philippines. Because earthquakes often occur, the church was built solidly with 24 wall pillars buried meters deep into the ground. The mortar used is a mixture of sand, sugar cane juice, lemon juice, straw, leather and mango leaves. It may sound confusing, but this is a traditional type of mortar that Filipinos often use in construction. Saint Augustine's design is derived from the Spanish Baroque style. In front of the church there is a beautiful flower garden, a place that attracts many tourists to worship and relax.

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11. Hallgrimur Church

Hallgrimur Church built in 1974, also known as Hallgrímskirkja, is a Lutheran church in Reykjavik, Iceland. Located on top of a hill and in the heart of the city, this is also considered one of the most famous works of modern architecture in Reykjavik, Iceland and is the largest church in the country.


The church is named after an Icelandic pastor named Hallgrimur Pétursson. He is a famous poet and composer of timeless hymns that are still sung today. The architectural design work for the church was assigned to architect Guojon Samuelsson in 1937. The church architecture was designed according to the natural landscape, volcanoes, ice and basalt columns in Iceland. After the church design was completed, construction of the church began in 1945 and it took 38 years, until 1974, for this masterpiece to be completed.
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12. Nuestra Senora De La Altagracia Church

The Church of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia is a small church and Roman Catholic cathedral in the Dominican Republic dedicated to Our Lady of Altagracia, patroness of the nation. It is in Salvaleón de Higüey. The basilica is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey.


Talking about the churches with the most outstanding Impressionist style in the world, Nuestra Senora De La Altagracia must rank first. The facade is built of concrete and the soaring dome is the main attraction here. Around both sides of the church there are small roofed buildings used as a resort for tourists on overloaded occasions. Every year, thousands of worshipers come to Nuestra Senore De La Altagracia to admire the icon of Saint Altagracia.

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13. Brasilia Cathedral

Brasillia Cathedral is one of the most uniquely built cathedrals in the world. With its body placed on the surface of the lake, the cathedral of the Brazilian capital is a unique building that plays a significant role in affirming position of religion in this country. The specially designed top part of the roof symbolizes hands reaching for heaven, like the wish of every religious believer to connect reality with the most beautiful place on earth. The inside of the cathedral is quite large, the high peak is painted in the style of Impressionist art, combined with stained glass to create a bright, artistic space. Every year this place welcomes more than 1 million tourists to visit, becoming the most popular tourist attraction in the Brazilian capital.


Brasilia Cathedral in the Brazilian capital reminds viewers of the moments of prayer at the altar because there is a picture of a pair of hands clasped together in prayer. Born in 1970, this cathedral is a hyperbolic structure consisting of 16 concrete columns, weighing 90 tons each, sticking out in all directions like fingers pointing to the sky. And at the top is a glass roof that can also open and close, bringing people's wishes to heaven.

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14. Borgund Church

In the Middle Ages, wooden construction techniques became popular throughout northwestern Europe. Particularly in Norway, people apply this technique to build churches. The most important point of this design is that the wooden planks and piles are built on a foundation made of stone, protecting them from rot because they are not in direct contact with the ground. This helps some churches built in the 12th century to still exist at the same time.


Built in 1180, Borgund church in the city of Laerdal, Norway is still standing after nearly a millennium. With a shape designed like an ancient house by placing curved wooden planks on the stone foundation, creating an impressive church today. Around Borgund are stele slabs commemorating the heroes who sacrificed their lives to protect the holy land. The church is only open to visitors in the summer of each year.
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