Antoni Gaudí was known as "God's architect", and the centuries-old arch design he drew on for Barcelona's Sagrada Família helps it soar higher than any other church in the world.
Certainly, Gaudí is not a conventional leader, nor is the Família a conventional church. Yet both offer a number of timeless ...
For our Gaudí Centenary series, we tell the story of the Church of Colònia Güell and Antoni Gaudí's renowned hanging models.
The Sagrada Familia marked a historic construction milestone 100 years since the death of Antoni Gaudí, the church's architect.
The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, the admired architectural wonder, reaches completion after a century-and-a-half long saga, ...
From a building inspired by a dragon-slaying saint to a mansion built on the ruins of a castle, these sites bear the legendary architect’s fantastical stamp.
Barcelona's Sagrada Familia has reached a historic milestone. After 144 years, the final major tower, the Tower of Jesus Christ, is complete. This brings the iconic church to its full height. Pope Leo ...
COMMENTARY: As the Church confronts the legacy of Father Rupnik, the sanctity of Antoni Gaudí raises enduring questions about what sacred art reveals about the soul of its maker. Gaudí shows the ...
For the better part of a century, Barcelona has been grappling with the ruinous presence of the Sagrada Família, what was meant to be the city’s crowning monument. Of course, the basilica, designed by ...
Exactly one hundred years since the architect’s death, Pope Leo XIV visited the iconic basilica to celebrate a Mass and inaugurate the tower which makes the church the tallest in the world.
The cause for Antoni Gaudí, the Catalan architect known as “God’s architect” and designer of Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain, just completed an important step on the path to officially ...
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Sagrada Família: How Antoni Gaudí's 19th-century engineering is creating the world's tallest church
More than 140 years after the first stone was laid, Barcelona's Sagrada Família continues to rise. Construction began in 1882, yet cranes still surround the basilica today as engineers work towards ...
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