One of the world´s biggest churches - in Ivory Coast

A fact that many in the world might not know is that Ivory Coast is home to one of the biggest churches in the world. Depending on which source you look at, it is either listed as the biggest church or the second biggest church in the world, in competition with St. Peter´s basilica in the Vatican.

The church in Ivory Coast is called Notre-Dame de la Paix, located in the capital Yamoussoukro. It was built during former president Felix Houphouet-Boigny´s reign at the end of the 1980´s and was modelled after St. Peter´s basilica in the Vatican. Read more here.