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Sagrada Família Church
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Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family > Designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926).
Though construction of Sagrada Família had commenced in 1882, Gaudí became involved in 1883, taking over the project and transforming it with his architectural and engineering style—combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms.
Gaudí devoted his last years to the project and at the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete.Sagrada Família's construction progressed slowly as it relied on private donations and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War—only to resume intermittent progress in the 1950s. Construction passed the mid-point in 2010 with some of the project's greatest challenges remaining and an anticipated completion date of 2026—the centennial of 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, over the possibility that work after Gaudí's death disregarded his design, and the recent possibility that an underground tunnel of Spain's high-speed train could disturb its stability.
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" and Paul Goldberger called it 'the most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic architecture since the Middle Ages'.
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Fri 10 Feb 2012 00:38
comments (15 from 38)
Oleg Zheleznov
#4
Fri 10 Feb 2012 01:40
Very nice work!The exterior shots seen. The picture from the inside - the first time.
Rich Read
#5
Fri 10 Feb 2012 02:23
What an amazing structure!
Excellent photograph.
Eldon Ormsby
#6
Fri 10 Feb 2012 02:41
Thank you for the beautiful attention you have given to the beauty of this Church Bere. It is a wonderful image indeed.
Igor Z
#9
Fri 10 Feb 2012 05:17
Great presentation! Interesting story.
Viejo
#11
Fri 10 Feb 2012 08:42
A beautiful view. Light of the heavens
Kovlad
#13
Fri 10 Feb 2012 10:34
Divine! His head is spinning!
Ondrej Tichy
#15
Fri 10 Feb 2012 12:24
Excellent work Bere, wonderful interior of wonderful building. Church creates a very powerful, almost mystical atmosphere.