Aerial views Basilica of the National Shrine USA

You need not be Catholic to appreciate the beauty and history of this sanctuary that rivals those of Europe not only in size but in sacred art, architecture, and history. The Architecture is modernized Byzantine (of 8th Century) with more than 100 individual sculptures on the exterior. The shrine is the largest Catholic church in the United States and the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C. - United States of America.