Sagrada Familia
The Temple Expiatori de la Segrada Familia is huge roman catholic church designed by the legend of organic architecture – Antoni Gaudi. The building is under construction singe 1882 and because of many financial problems will not be finishied until 2026. The church possess a title of basilica and often is accidentally called a cathedral.
Sagrada Familia. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
The building was sopposed to look like one giant organism, and this architect thought forced the constructions to carve every single elementyof the building manually – that is because like in any natural organism every part is one and unique. The building started on 1882 and at first other architect was supposed to design it, but he was inflicted in a conflict with the financial associacion of the church. Then Gaudi was invited to join the group and he reworked the whole project to give it his own recognizable style. He sacrificed last 15 years of his life only to this building rewriting, reworking and improving the project until his tragic death in 1926.
Sagrada Familia. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
Sagrada Familia. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
Church’s towers were finished in 1920. The last (4 th) bell-tower was ended in 1930. During the war many parts of the church was destroyed and rebuilded in next decades. In 1978 was a year when the build of nave walls was started. The internal nave was winished in 1998, and the last improvement was 2006 building of Lord’s Glory Facade choir.
Sagrada Familia inside. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
Sagrada Familia inside. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
Sagrada Familia inside. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
Sagrada Familia outside view. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.
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