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  2. Sagrada Família - Wikipedia

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    The Board of the Sagrada Família (Patronat de la Sagrada Família) and the neighborhood association AVE pel Litoral (AVE by the Coast) led a campaign against this route for the AVE, without success. [citation needed] In October 2010, the tunnel boring machine reached the church underground under the location of the building's principal façade ...

  3. List of fires at places of worship - Wikipedia

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    A fire started in the adjoining museum and spread to the attic, and on Palm Sunday the towers collapsed. An Arp Schnitger organ was lost in the flames; Magdeburg Cathedral – The cathedral burned in 1207. On 16 January 1945, during World War II, a bombing raid set fire to the church. It was successfully contained, but caused significant damage.

  4. Spain's iconic Sagrada Familia eyes completion, possible ...

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    The basilica has been widely expected to become the world's tallest church when its sky-scraping ... for those Affected by the Sagrada Familia, told the outlet, "This was not the work of Gaudí ...

  5. List of largest church buildings - Wikipedia

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    Co-cathedral church of the diocese of Zamora. Sagrada Familia: 5,400 [citation needed] 9,000 1882–present Barcelona Spain: Catholic Unfinished; expected complete sometime after 2026. [58] Strasbourg Cathedral: 5,300 [citation needed] 6,044 1015–1439 Strasbourg France: Catholic World's tallest building from 1647 to 1874 [citation needed]

  6. Barcelona’s famous Sagrada Familia will finally be completed ...

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    The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona will finally be finished in 2026, ... The construction of the church was carried out illegally for 137 years, until 2019, when a building permit was finally issued ...

  7. After 142 years, Spain's iconic Sagrada Família nears ... - AOL

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    Nestled in Barcelona's Eixample Right district, the Sagrada Família captivates tourists worldwide. In 2023, it saw 4,707,367 visitors, with 85% coming from outside the city, and nearly 20% were ...

  8. List of tallest church buildings - Wikipedia

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    Spire was rebuilt after fire in 1541 (top of the spire rebuilt again in 1770), according some sources pre-fire spire, built in 1402, was 156.5 m tall [15] 96.5 m (317 ft) Great Belfry of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra: 1744: Kyiv Ukraine 96.1 m (315 ft) Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral: 1884: Clermont-Ferrand France 96.0 m (315 ft)

  9. Antoni Gaudí - Wikipedia

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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.