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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 .
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 ...
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 .
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 ...
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 ...
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
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.
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