Barcelona from the Sagrada Familia - Barcelona, Spain
Posted by: razalas
N 41° 24.185 E 002° 10.415
31T E 430921 N 4583833
The city of Barcelona view from the top of the towers of the Sagrada Familia. The view we have of the Cityscape of the city of Barcelona from the Sagrada Familia towers of 107 m is fantastic.
Waymark Code: WMBKMV
Location: Cataluña, Spain
Date Posted: 05/30/2011
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The Basílica y Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia, commonly known as the Sagrada Família, is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and in November 2010 was consecrated and proclaimed a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI.
Though construction of Sagrada Família had commenced in 1882, when Gaudí took over the project in 1883 he transformed it with his architectural and engineering style—combining Gothic and curvilinear, Modernista forms with ambitious structural columns and arches.
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