Washington National Cathedral(华盛顿国家大教堂)

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Washington National Cathedral, whose official name is the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, is a cathedral of the Episcopal Church（主教堂） located in Washington, D.C.. It is of neogothic（新哥特式） design, and it is the sixth largest cathedral in the world, the second largest in the United States.

华盛顿国家大教堂，正式名称是“圣彼得和圣保罗大教堂”(Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul)，属于美国圣公会。大教堂一方面担当圣公会华盛顿教区主教堂的职责，另一方面由国会指定作为举行全国性宗教纪念活动的场所。包括二战期间为跨洋作战的美军将士举行的祈祷仪式，“9.11”恐怖袭击遇难者的悼念仪式等。大教堂建筑面积约为83,000平方英尺，在美国只有纽约市的圣约翰大教堂超过它，欧洲著名的法国巴黎圣母院、德国科隆大教堂都要逊色一些。