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It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), in 2005 his work on Sagrada Família was added to an existing (1984) UNESCO World Heritage Site, "Works of Antoni Gaudí". [5] On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica ...
Only catedral in Spain and first one outside Rome to be consecrated by a pope. [59] Cathedral of the Armed Forces: Madrid Madrid: Military Archbishopric of Spain: 1985 [60] Cathedral Basilica of the Incarnation: Málaga Andalusia: Málaga: 1588 [61] Metropolitan Co-Cathedral of Saint Mary the Major: Mérida Extremadura: Mérida-Badajoz: 2006 [f]
This was followed by the first church in AD 829 and then in AD 899 by a pre-Romanesque church, ordered by king Alfonso III of León, [5] which caused the gradual development of this major place of pilgrimage. [6] In 997 the early church was reduced to ashes by Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir (938–1002), army commander of the caliph of Córdoba. St ...
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This church was severely damaged by al-Mansur during his attack on Barcelona in 985. In 1046, Count Ramon Berenguer I and his wife Almodis, together with Bishop Guislabert, began construction of a Romanesque cathedral at the site; it was consecrated in November 1058. [2] The cathedral was constructed over the crypt of the
The Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor (Catalan pronunciation: [səˈɣɾat ˈkɔɾ]; English: Expiatory Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located on the summit of Mount Tibidabo in Barcelona, Catalonia.
Many of Spain’s church bell towers that were automized in the 1970s and ’80s are in a dire state, said Pallàs, who witnessed widespread problems while researching the belfries of Garrotxa, a ...
Gallego Martínez began construction on a farmland owned by his family on October 12, 1961, after he could not complete his novitiate at the Cistercian monastery Monastery of Santa María de Huerta, due to his tuberculosis. [5] After his condition improved, he promised to thank God, and the Virgin Mary, by constructing a church building.