The jaw-dropping church that's taken longer to build than the Egyptian pyramids
It only took 20 years to build the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, but this church has been in construction since 1882 ...
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140 Years in Making - Barcelona's Basilica Sagrada Familia Set to Become World's Tallest Church by 2026
According to the organization responsible for the construction site, the completion of the last of the six towers is to signify the completion of the basilica structure. Completion of the Sagrada ...
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Art: Fantastic Catalan
“There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature,” Antonio Gaudi used to say. “Therefore, buildings must have no straight lines or sharp corners.” In the application of his precept ...
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Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia church will be completed in 2026 – more than 140 years after construction started
Current architectural plans are reconstructions of Gaudi’s originals after arsonists ... The 172.5m high tower of Jesus Christ will make the Sagrada Familia the Spanish city’s tallest building.