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Dec 11, 2021 · The steps would go from Glory façade, the Sagrada Família’s main face, to Aragó street, around 60 meters in length. To do so, they will need to demolish several buildings which would see around 3,000 people evicted. One of these neighbors is Salvador Barroso.
Mar 20, 2022 · THE Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudí’s Catalan masterpiece, recently celebrated the completion of the Mare de Déu tower by hoisting a giant, 12-pointed star of metal and textured glass to its summit.
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The Sagrada Familia was originally conceived in 1881 by philanthropist and bookseller Josep Maria Bocabella as an expiatory temple—a place of atonement—devoted to the cult of the Holy Family (the child Jesus, his mother, the Virgin Mary and his father, St Joseph). In buying entry tickets, visitors, still today, effectively atone for their sins. The...
Until this moment the Lliga Catalanista, the main right-wing, nationalist party in Catalonia, had seen Gaudí as an outsider. Its leaders had labelled his architecture disgusting. But as he became ever more popular and his work more powerful, the Sagrada Familia appeared as a useful means for spreading their message. The Lliga started presenting Gau...
Tourism has placed ever greater strains on the site, with neighborhood associations also bemoaning the lack of planning permits and payment of building permit fees. Inscribing the basilica into the surrounding urban context remains a primary challenge. For the temple’s main façade and its staircase to be built, a series of housing blocks is set to ...
Jun 10, 2019 · The project has not been without controversy. La Sagrada Familia is in debt for 36 million euros, which is approximately $41 million, from its 137-year-long run without the proper building...
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Work on the now famously unpermitted construction project is anticipated to finish in 2026, about 100 years after the eccentric architect's death. However, with continuous controversy over whether or not the famous landmark has remained reflective of Gaudí's intentions, debate is expected to continue.
Jan 6, 2022 · The Sagrada Familia has been a magnet for controversy since well before Gaudí was commissioned to build it in 1883. As my research shows , the Sagrada Familia has become both a myth and a tool co-opted by different political movements and ideological campaigns.
Oct 1, 2014 · [La Sagrada Familia] is no longer a work of Gaudí. It cannot overcome the central paradox, which is that Gaudí’s architecture was organic, living and responsive, whereas posthumous simulation ...
