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La Sagrada Família ( Catalan ) or '''La Sagrada Familia''' ( Spanish ) is a large Roman Catholic basilica under construction in Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain . The formal title of the basilica is the ''Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família'' or ''Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family''. It is the last, and perhaps most extraordinary, of the designs of the Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudí . The geographical location of La Sagrada Família is . The Sagrada Família was planned in the late 19th century and construction work, under the supervison of Antoni Gaudí , commenced in the 1880s. After disagreements between the founding association and the original Architect Francesco Del Villar , Gaudí was assigned the project in 1883 and created an entirely new design. At first, the basilica stood in an empty field over a mile away from urban Barcelona. Gaudí worked on the project for over 40 years, devoting the last 15 years of his life entirely to this endeavour; on the subject of the extremely long construction, Gaudí is said to have joked, "My client is not in a hurry." Work was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War in 1935 and recommenced in the 1950s, after the end of World War II . Gaudí died in 1926 . Parts of the unfinished building and Gaudí's models and workshop were destroyed during the Spanish Civil War by Anarchists . The design, as now being constructed, is based both on reconstructed versions of the lost plans and on modern adaptations. Since 1940 the architects Francesc Quintana , Isidre Puig Boada , and Lluís Gari have carried on the work. Sculptures by J. Busquets and the controversial Josep Subirachs decorate the fantastical façades. According to the newspaper El Periódico De Catalunya , 2.26 million people visited the partially built basilica in 2004, making it the most popular attraction in Spain, before the Museo Del Prado and Alhambra . The main structure of the nave was completed in 2005, and work in 2006 concentrates on the supporting structure for the main tower of Jesus Christ. La Sagrada Família is not a Cathedral ; the cathedral of Barcelona is the Cathedral Of Santa Eulàlia , a Gothic building of the late Middle Ages . DESIGN Every part of the design of La Sagrada Família is rich with Christian symbolism, as Gaudí intended the church to be the "last great sanctuary of ), an angel ( St. Matthew ), an eagle ( St. John ), and a lion ( St. Mark ). The central tower of Jesus Christ is to be surmounted by a giant Cross ; the tower's total height will be one metre less than that of Montjuïc , as Gaudí believed that his work should not surpass that of God. The lower towers are surmounted by bunches of grapes, representing spiritual fruit. Areas of the sanctuary will be designated to represent various concepts, such as saints, virtues, sins, and secular concepts such as regions of Spain, presumably with decoration to match. The building works are expected to be complete around 2026 , the 100th anniversary of Gaudi's death, although the likelihood of meeting this date is disputed. Computer Model ling has been used for the detailed design of the intricate structure of supporting columns inside the basilica. ''See also Catenary .'' CAD/CAM technology has been used to speed up the construction of the building; initially, the construction work was expected to last for several hundred years, based on building techniques available in the early 1900s. The construction work calls for many pieces of stone to be machined to unique shapes, each being subtly different from the next, and these pieces are now being machined accurately off-site reducing the overall construction time. in the Passion facade]] |
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