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====United States==== First United Methodist Church in Lubbock, Texas, houses one of the largest rose windows at {{convert|26+1/2|ft}} in diameter.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Media|first=Sarah Self-Walbrick A.-J.|title=Lubbock church's design inspired by Notre Dame|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190416/lubbock-churchs-design-inspired-by-notre-dame|access-date=2021-09-13|website=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal|language=en}}</ref> A Baroque [[Oculus (architecture)|oculus]] without tracery or stained glass can be seen at [[San Miguel de Aguayo, Texas|San Jose Mission]] in [[San Antonio]], Texas, which was founded by the Franciscan Fathers and dates from 1718 to 1731. The largest rose window in the United States is ''The Great Rose Window'' above the main doors of the [[Cathedral of St. John the Divine]] in New York City. It is designed in the [[Gothic Revival]] style and made from more than 10,000 pieces of [[stained glass]]. [[Washington National Cathedral]] has three large rose windows which represent the Creation, Last Judgement, and Glory of God. In 1954, the French artist [[Henri Matisse]] created the [[Abby Aldrich Rockefeller]] Memorial Rose Window on the east wall of the Union Church of Pocantico Hills, [[New York (state)|New York]]. <!---Please add your country to the above list in alphabetical order, putting your churches in roughly chronological order if possible--->
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