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Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí began construction on the La Sagrada Familia, a Catholic basilica, in Barcelona in 1882. In 1885, he applied for a permit, sending the city signed blueprints for ...

Notably, La Sagrada Familia lacks 90-degree angles anywhere inside or outside, and there are very few straight lines—a tribute to the organic shapes found in nature.

The skyline of Barcelona will be transformed on Dec. 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, when a newly completed tower at the Sagrada Família Basilica is illuminated.

After a wait of more than 140 years, five central towers of Barcelona ’s famous Sagrada Familia basilica are at last finished. When the sixth and final central tower is finished—expected in ...

The star’s illumination transforms the skyline of Barcelona, the capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia, in northeastern Spain, with a population of 1.6 million people.

La Sagrada Familia, the grand house of worship in Barcelona, Spain, that has been under construction for 140 years, took another step forward.

The Sagrada Familia church got the permit Friday, allowing construction to continue with completion projected for 2026. The church's foundation agreed to pay the city of Barcelona millions of dollars.

The Junta Constructora del Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, a foundation that oversees the church's construction, said work had now been completed on two of the church's main towers.

The Sagrada Familia foundation has said it still hopes the tallest and central tower, which represents Jesus, will be finished by 2026, the centennial of Mr. Gaudí’s death.

Barcelona, Spain, Dec 8, 2021 / 12:00 pm Pope Francis said that a star lit up for the first time on Wednesday atop Sagrada Família Basilica shines for the poor, ill, elderly, and young people of ...