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The cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor basilica: Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia, Barcelona. The archbishopric has nine more Minor basilicas. The current Archbishop of Barcelona is Juan José Omella Omella, appointed by Pope Francis on 6 November 2015.
- 339 km² (131 sq mi)
- (as of 2016), 2,643,620, 2,105,820 (79.7%)
- Barcelona
- Spain
Nov 13, 2023 · Spain. Barcelona's Sagrada Familia inaugurates four new towers. The basilica designed by Antoni Gaudí has been 141 years in the making, but it has come one step closer to completion with the...
Mar 27, 2024 · By Christopher Brito. March 27, 2024 / 4:16 PM EDT / CBS News. Barcelona's famous basilica, the Sagrada Familia, is set to be completed in 2026 after more than a century of construction,...
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Mar 25, 2024 · Barcelona's Sagrada Familia is set to finally be completed by 2026, a whole 144 years since work on the monumental basilica started. Designed by celebrated Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi, who is ...
Nov 5, 2022 · It has gone through countless stone masons and artisans — and many architects since Gaudí’s death in 1926 — to become the awe-inspiring basilica that it is today. Completion is scheduled for 2026, the 100th anniversary of Gaudí’s death. See photos of Sagrada Familia below and learn the full story of its complicated past.
Basilica of la Sagrada Família. The Sagrada Família is Antoni Gaudí's best-known work and has become an undisputed symbol of Barcelona. This unique modern temple has been under construction since 1882. Although the architect Francesc de Paula Villar was originally commissioned to carry out the Sagrada Família's project, just a year later he ...
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia, also known as Barcelona Cathedral, is the Gothic cathedral and seat of the Archbishop of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral was constructed from the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries, with the principal work done in the fourteenth century. The cloister, which encloses the Well of the Geese, was completed in 1448. In the late nineteenth ...
