This was taken across the street from Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on New Year’s Eve 2008. This is the largest Roman Catholic Cathedral in the United States.

The Cathedral seats about 2,200 people.

The exterior length is about 405 feet; the width is 274 feet.

The spires rise 330 feet from street level.

The St. Michael and St. Louis altar was designed by Tiffany and Company. The St. Elizabeth altar was designed by Paolo Medici of Rome.

The Archbishops of New York are buried in a crypt under the high altar. Their honorary hats, called galeros, hang from the ceiling over their tombs.

The Stations of the Cross are works of art which won first prize at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893.

The Pieta is three times larger than the Pieta in St. Peter’s, Rome.

Each year over 3 million people visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral.