A church has become an internet sensation after hundreds of people have flocked to see the face of a chicken within its walls.

With its large round windows resembling two eyes and roof tiles appearing as a beak， the so-called “chicken church” is attracting an expanding fan club online.

The congregation at the Church by the Sea in Tampa Bay， Florida， say they regularly see passers-by stopping to get a memento of the unusual-looking building.

Its birdlike appearance is completed by the roof that spreads out like red wings.

Threads have appeared online dedicated to the building with hundreds of users wanting to find out more about the “Chicken Church”.

Dee Dee Parker， a long term member of the Church by the Sea said the congregation is delighted that the building makes people happy but did not realise that they had become so popular online.

She said： “Its so funny—we were completely unaware that it had become a hit on the internet. We see lots of people coming to take pictures of the church.”

The church on Madeira Beach was founded in 1944 by a group of fishermen. Its light up cross has been used as a nautical landmark for the fisherman to guide them back to land.

The church's bird-like features are used as a compass to direct sea workers—its wings represent East and West， while its beak and tail symbolise North and South.

一座教堂因外形酷似一張小雞的臉引得游客蜂擁而至。隨后這座教堂成為網(wǎng)絡(luò)熱點(diǎn)。

教堂的圓形窗戶就像是兩只大眼睛，屋檐的瓦片形狀有些像尖嘴，這個(gè)教堂被大家戲稱為“雞仔教堂”，吸引了很多網(wǎng)友關(guān)注，還為它組成了粉絲團(tuán)，而且數(shù)量還在不斷擴(kuò)大。

這座教堂坐落于美國(guó)佛羅里達(dá)州的坦帕灣，教堂會(huì)眾表示，經(jīng)?？吹铰愤^(guò)的人駐足欣賞這座外型特別的建筑。

教堂的屋頂延伸出去，看上去仿佛紅色的翅膀，讓這種教堂的整體外觀更像一只小鳥。

在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)了前往這座教堂的瀏覽路線，很多用戶都想了解更多關(guān)于“雞仔教堂”的事情。

迪迪帕克是這座海邊教堂的長(zhǎng)期成員，她表示對(duì)于這座建筑給人們帶來(lái)的歡樂(lè)，當(dāng)?shù)鼐用癖硎竞荛_(kāi)心。不過(guò)大家都沒(méi)有意識(shí)到這座教堂會(huì)在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上如此受歡迎。

她表示：“真的很有趣，我們都完全沒(méi)有意識(shí)到教堂已經(jīng)在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上火起來(lái)，我們看到許多人來(lái)教堂拍照?！?/p>

這座位于馬德拉島海灘的教堂是在1944年由一群漁民建造的。漁民們把教堂的燈火當(dāng)作航海路標(biāo)，指引他們回家的路。

教堂的鳥類外形也是海上工人們的指南針：翅膀代表東西方向，喙和尾巴象征著南北方向。