Nearly 100 years after Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí devoted himself full-time to his magnum opus—the Roman Catholic Barcelona basilica La Sagrada Família—his dream is finally closer to ...

Antoni Gaudi was a devout Catholic and believed the construction of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica was his way to make amends with God for the sins of the modern world.

Works on Antoni Gaudí's eye-popping Sagrada Família temple in Barcelona, which began in 1882, are slowly nearing completion. Until recently, the stated objective was to finish construction in ...

The Basilica de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, designed by architect Antoni Gaudí. Pope Francis on Monday, April 14, 2025, declared Gaudí “Venerable,” bringing him one step closer ...

Construction on Antoni Gaudi's masterpiece Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, began nearly 150 years ago, and was never completed. However, according to The Verge, the iconic church will be finished ...

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia is perhaps one of the longest active construction projects on the planet. Work began in 1882, when the beginnings of architect Antoni Gaudi’s design graduated from ...

La Sagrada Familia remains a work in progress, with a completion date estimated for 2026. Although Gaudi died in 1926, when the basilica was only a quarter finished, modernist architect Domènec ...

The Sagrada Familia, Barcelona’s landmark church designed by Antoni Gaudí, has been slapped a with a €36 million fine for lacking a building permit—136 years after construction began.

The journey hasn’t been easy, though. When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, Gaudí’s original plans for La Sagrada Familia burned in a fire that destroyed his workshop.

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Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí began working on the Sagrada Família in 1882. And by the centenary of his death, in 2026, the Roman Catholic basilica and most visited monument in Spain is finally ...