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Puzzle #40 was Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace is a Catholic minor basilica dedicated to Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, the administrative capital of Ivory Coast. Guinness World Records lists it as the largest church in the world, having surpassed the previous record holder, Saint Peter's Basilica, upon completion. It has an area of 30,000 square metres (320,000 sq ft) and is 158 metres (518 ft) tall.
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What the record says
Puzzle 40 ran on 24 Aug 2026 and the answer was Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Country - Ivory Coast. The numbers: Height - 158 m; Completed - 1980. 1 of the 4 columns is blank in the source (Floors), so nobody could score it either way.
Beyond the grid the record adds Architect - Pierre Fakhoury.
Towerdle builds its record from Wikidata - CC0 1.0. The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia verbatim extract, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- Ivory Coast
- Height
- 158 m
- Floors
- Not recorded
- Completed
- 1980
Also on the record
- Architect
- Pierre Fakhoury