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  2. Sagrada Família - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. List of Gaudí buildings - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. 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.

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

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    The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona will finally be finished in 2026, ... only an estimated 10%-15% of the project had been built, including one transept, a crypt and some of the apse wall.

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

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    Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. It has always been a marvel of architecture and art, whether you want to classify it as religious or not. The basilica was built in 1882, and over the next 142 years ...

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

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    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

  8. Francisco de Paula del Villar y Lozano - Wikipedia

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    In 1877 he was commissioned by the Associació de Devots de Sant Josep to build the church of the Sagrada Família. Villar planned a Neo-Gothic design, of which only the crypt was built. He abandoned the project in 1883 as a result of disagreements with Joan Martorell , the architect advising Josep Maria Bocabella, president of the Associació ...

  9. List of largest church buildings - Wikipedia

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    Sagrada Familia: 5,400 [citation needed] 9,000 1882–present Barcelona Spain: Catholic Unfinished; expected complete sometime after 2026. [55] Strasbourg Cathedral: 5,300 [citation needed] 6,044 1015–1439 Strasbourg France: Catholic World's tallest building from 1647 to 1874 [citation needed] Primate Cathedral of Bogotá: 5,300 [citation needed]