Originally posted by Fatum:
the BBC article on it says that the largest one's at ivory coast ...
of all places ...
"The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro has a higher dome and is both longer and wider. However, measures of the latter include also a rectorate and a villa not stricly part of the church; its capacity is also much lower: 18,000 people against St. Peter's 60,000."
"Pope John Paul II insisted as a condition of his attendance of the consecration that a hospital be constructed nearby. The Pope laid the founding stone for the hospital. The stone can be seen where he laid it as a lonely symbol in the middle of a nearby field, as the hospital has not been built."
That's Wiki for you.