Tag:building=church

A building that was built as a  church. It includes cases where building is no longer used for original purpose.

Note that some places regularly used as a place of Christian worship were not constructed as churches and may not qualify for this tag; for example, an adapted residential building used as a meeting place for a congregation.

How to map

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

Tag it with building=church.

Tags to use in combination

• name=* - The primary name: in general, the most prominent signposted name or the most common name in the local language(s).
• amenity=place_of_worship (if still used as place of worship)
• building:use=* - useful to record current building use, especially if it is no longer religious
• religion=* - Defines the specific religion.
• denomination=* - Defines the subspecies of a specific religion.
• building:architecture=* - Architectural style of a building
• Address - "addr" is the prefix for several addr:* keys to describe addresses.
• opening_hours=* - Describes when something is open or closed. There is a specific standard format for this data.
• wheelchair=* - Indicate if a special place can be used with wheelchairs.
• website=* - Specifying the link to the official website for a feature.

Rendering in OSM Carto

building=church renders like any other building=* type:

building=church + amenity=place_of_worship renders darker than other building=* types:

Similar tags

• building=cathedral - A building that was built as a cathedral.
• building=chapel - Building built as chapel.
• building=mosque - A building that was built as a mosque.

See also

• landuse=religious - An area used for religious purposes
• amenity=place_of_worship - A place where religious services are conducted
• man_made=tower + tower:type=bell_tower - Bell tower or church tower
• Church - page about tagging repurposed church buildings and places of worship in buildings not constructed as churches