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Aerial view towards La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain. Gaudí was run down by a tram on 7 June 1926, and died of his wounds on 10 June. He is buried in Sagrada Familia. After his death, Gaudí's works suffered a period of neglect and were largely unpopular among international critics, who regarded them as baroque and excessively imaginative.
Sagrada Família was inspired by a bookseller, José María Bocabella , founder of Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José (Spiritual Association of Devotees of St. Joseph). After a visit to the Vatican in 1872, Bocabella returned from Italy with the intention of building a church inspired by the basilica at Loreto .
The building that is now Casa Batlló was built in 1877, commissioned by Lluís Sala Sánchez. [2] It was a classical building without remarkable characteristics within the eclecticism traditional by the end of the 19th century. [3] The building had a basement, a ground floor, four other floors and a garden in the back. [4]
Spain's iconic Sagrada Familia eyes completion, possible evictions ... The basilica was built in 1882, and over the next 142 years it would be perpetually under construction, with pauses during ...
Nativity Façade and Crypt of the Sagrada Familia * Other parts of the Sagrada Familia, including the Sagrada Família Schools, are included in the buffer zone of the 5th part of the WHS site. Casa Batlló; Crypt at the Colònia Güell Buffer zone includes part of the Colònia Güell and the Torre Salvana
Officials of the Sagrada Família basilica have announced that its construction, which started in 1882, will reach completion by 2026. After 142 years, Spain's iconic Sagrada Família nears completion
Close-up floral details of the Portal of Charity at the Nativity Façade of the Sagrada Família, by Etsuro Sotoo [5] In 1978 Etsuro Sotoo visited Barcelona and was impressed by the Sagrada Família. [6] He worked as a stonecutter and has been working since then on sculptures for the building, following the instructions left by Antoni Gaudí ...
Gaudi is the tenth album by The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1987. Gaudi refers to Antoni Gaudí, [3] the Spanish architect, and the opening track references what is probably Gaudí's best known building, the Sagrada Família.