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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 .
Passion Façade, Sagrada Família, Barcelona. Josep Maria Subirachs i Sitjar [1] (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛb məˈɾi.ə suβiˈɾaks]; 11 March 1927 – 7 April 2014 [2]) was a Spanish sculptor and painter of the late 20th century. His best known work is probably the Passion Facade of the basilica of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona.
Sagrada Família Plaça de toros de la Monumental , one of the two former bullrings of Barcelona Domènec Sugrañes i Gras ( Catalan pronunciation: [duˈmɛnək suˈɣɾaɲəz i ˈɣɾas] ; 12 December 1878 – 9 August 1938) was a Catalan modernist architect and disciple of Antoni Gaudí .
Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. ... The basilica was built in 1882, and over the next 142 years it would be perpetually under construction, with pauses during the Spanish Civil War in in the 1930s ...
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The Sagrada Familia pictured in 1940 - Hulton Archive/Getty Images When Gaudí died in 1926, only an estimated 10%-15% of the project had been built , including one transept, a crypt and some of ...
A remodel of a previously built house, it was redesigned in 1904 by Gaudí and has been refurbished several times. Gaudí's assistants Domènec Sugrañes i Gras, Josep Canaleta and Joan Rubió also contributed to the renovation project. The local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), as it has a visceral, skeletal organic ...
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 ...