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The Sagrada Família is a one-of-a-kind temple, for its origins, foundation and purpose. Fruit of the work of genius architect Antoni Gaudí, the project was promoted by the people for the people. Five generations now have watched the Temple progress in Barcelona.
Apr 13, 2024 · Sagrada Família, Roman Catholic minor basilica in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Antoni Gaudí. Begun in 1882 and still unfinished in the first quarter of the 21st century, the Sagrada Família, notable for its tactile organic form, is one of Barcelona’s most famous landmarks. It is an unexpected sight in its urban setting, with its bold ...
Designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), in 2005 his work on Sagrada Família was added to an existing (1984) UNESCO World Heritage Site, "Works of Antoni Gaudí". [4] On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica.
- The Devotees of Saint Joseph. The "Associació de Devots de Sant Josep" was a Catholic society of devotees of Saint Joseph founded in 1866 by a book seller named Josep Maria Bocabella (1815-1892).
- Francisco de Paula del Villar Project. After securing an entire block of the Eixample district in an area that was still mainly undeveloped but would become quite central in a few decades (the land in the city center was too expensive already), Bocabella needed an architect.
- How Gaudi got involved in la Sagrada Familia construction. When Villar resigned in 1883, Bocabella asked Joan Martorell, and architect he had used as an advisor, to take on the project.
- Building the Nativity Façade. The ten years spent building the crypt and the apse gave Antoni Gaudi enough time to plan what would be coming next. In 1893 started the works of the Nativity façade, that would take over three decades to be completed.
Dec 6, 2023 · Gaudí was a deeply religious Catholic whose ecstatic and brilliantly complex fantasies of organic geometry are given concrete form throughout the church. Historians have identified numerous influences especially within the northeast façade, the only part of the church he directly supervised.
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La Sagrada Familia (Church of the Holy Family) is an iconic yet incomplete church in Barcelona. History of La Sagrada Familia. Works on La Sagrada Familia were begun in 1882 under the architect Francisco de Paula del Villar, then continued under Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona’s most famous son.
