The Point.fr – Published on 27/09/2013 at 12:44 pm
“If we continue at this pace, the work should be completed in 2026.” There are some days, Jordi Fauli, chief architect of the Sagrada Familia, announced (finally) the end of the work. The famous basilica erected in 1882 by the architect Antoni Gaudí, true symbol of Catalan modernism, was unfinished at his death in 1926. Since then, the project is moving slowly, the construction is funded entirely by donations and entrance fees for visitors. Inaugurated in 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI, the building is now not only 65% ??of its construction.
144 years after the laying of the first stone, we can admire its 18 towers and parabolic profile famous spiral staircases, representing the 12 apostles, the four evangelists, Christ and the Holy Virgin. The highest, that of Jesus, is expected to peak at 172 meters high. For daily El País , “the apotheosis of the building will be the main façade, the Glory of the largest and most monumental of the three that make up the Sagrada Familia, a kind of giant organ which, once completed, will become the entrance to the building. ” “My client is in no hurry,” Gaudí was used to joke referring to God. We, yes! Meanwhile in 2026, here are some pictures of the completion of the basilica.
LOOK Sagrada Familia finally completed in 2026:
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