Workers have completed a phase of conservation work on historic murals by the late artist Maxo Vanka at St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church near Pittsburgh.

Chosen from about 600 submissions, 19 new murals now grace the viaducts of 53rd and 55th streets under the Metra tracks.

Crowds gather daily to marvel at the otherworldly facade of Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Batlló, whose bone-like balusters and scaled roof are said to depict Saint George slaying the dragon. Completed ...

Trencadis became a Gaudi trademark. One project, the Park Guell, is a paradise of trencadis. At the turn of the 20th century, Guell decided to create a suburban garden city on a hill overlooking ...

In 1926 Gaudí was struck by a tram while walking to church for prayer. Assumed to be a beggar the unconscious Gaudi did not receive immediate care and was eventually taken to a hospital for the ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis has taken the first step toward making Antoni Gaudí, the famed architect of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, a saint. On Monday (April 14), Pope Francis ...

Antoni Gaudí, creator of Sagrada Família, is declared Venerable by Pope Francis. Sourced from X : https://x.com/_Antoni_Gaudi_ On 14 April 2025, Pope Francis ...

It has been placed on Unesco's World Heritage list, along with some of Gaudi's other works, and was consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. Football experts Nedum Onuoha, Julien Laurens and ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has approved the first step towards sainthood for Mr Antoni Gaudi, the modernist architect behind Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica, the Vatican said on April 14.

Gaudi designed the unfinished monumental Basilica of the Sagrada Familia A picture taken on September 22, 2016 shows a general view of the current works at the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family ...

Pope Francis on Monday declared Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí “venerable,” bringing the designer of Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia basilica one step closer to sainthood. The Vatican ...

Pope Francis on Monday signed a decree that recognized the 20th-century visionary’s “heroic virtues” and put him on the path to possible sainthood. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome ...