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The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Famíliacode: cat promoted to code: ca (Catalan pronunciation: [səˈɣɾaðə fəˈmiɫiə]; English: Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family, Spanish: Basílica y Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia), commonly known as the Sagrada Família, is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect (someone who designs buildings) Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Although not finished, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site,[5] and in November 2010 was consecrated (dedicated to a special purpose) and made a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI.[6][7][8]
Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Famíliacode: cat promoted to code: ca Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family (in English) Basílica y Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia (in Spanish) | |
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![]() View of the Passion Façade (Western side) in September 2009 (cranes digitally removed) | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
District | Barcelona |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Minor basilica |
Leadership | Archbishop Lluís Martínez Sistach |
Year consecrated | 7 November 2010 |
Location | |
Location | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
Geographic coordinates | 41°24′13″N 2°10′28″E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Antoni Gaudí |
Architectural style | Modernisme |
General contractor | Construction Board of La Sagrada Família Foundation |
Groundbreaking | 1882 |
Completed | 2026-2028[1] (estimate) |
Specifications | |
Direction of façade | Northeast |
Capacity | 9,000 |
Length | 90 metres (300 ft)[2] |
Width | 60 metres (200 ft)[2] |
Width (nave) | 45 metres (148 ft)[2] |
Spire(s) | 18 (8 already built) |
Spire height | 170 metres (560 ft) (planned) |
Official name: Works of Antoni Gaudí | |
Criteria | i, ii, iv |
Designated | 1984[3] |
Reference no. | 320bis |
Type | Cultural |
State Party | Spain |
Region | Europe and North America |
Spanish Property of Cultural Interest | |
Official name: Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia | |
24-07-1969 | |
(R.I.)-51-0003813-00000[4] | |
Type | Monument |
Website | |
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The building of the Sagrada Família began in 1882, but Gaudí started working on it in 1883.[5] He took over the project and changed it with his architecture and type of engineering.
Gaudí worked on it until he died, and at the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the building was finished.[9] The Sagrada Família's building was slow as it needed on private donations (people giving money to it) and was stopped for a short period by the Spanish Civil War. The building started again in the 1950s. Building was more than halfway done after 2010 with some of the project's biggest problems remaining[9] and an expected finish date of 2026—100 years after Gaudí's death. The basílica has a long history of dividing the citizens of Barcelona—over the initial possibility it might compete with Barcelona's cathedral, over Gaudí's design itself,[10] over the possibility that work after Gaudí's death disregarded his design,[10] and the recent possibility that an underground tunnel of Spain's high-speed train could disturb its stability.[11]
Describing Sagrada Familia, art Critic Rainer Zerbst said "it is probably impossible to find a church building anything like it in the entire history of art"[12] and Paul Goldberger called it 'the most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic architecture since the Middle Ages'.[13]