Tag:building=cathedral

building = cathedral
Description
A building that was built as a cathedral.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Group: buildings
Used on these elements
Useful combination
name=* amenity=place_of_worship religion=* denomination=*
See also
building=church building=chapel
Status: de facto
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A cathedral is a Christian church which contains the seat of a bishop.

Other churches, which were built with the same architectural features, do not have or never had a bishop. They are also known as cathedrals.

How to map

Draw as an area along the building outline. In cases where it is impossible, one may set a node instead.

Tag it with building=cathedral.

Tags used in combination

• name=*
• amenity=place_of_worship
• religion=christian
• denomination=*
• building:architecture=*
• addr:*=*
• opening_hours=*
• wheelchair=*
• website=*

Rendering

Note that in the map style displayed below building=cathedral is rendered just like any other building. Special rendering is caused by amenity=place_of_worship and religion=*.