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Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (The Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family), designed by the famous Catalan architect...

The Sagrada Familia was designed by Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), who worked on the project from 1883 and devoted the last 15 years of his life entirely to the endeavor. In 1882, prior to Gaudí's involvement, Francesc del Villar was commissioned to design a church on the site. He resigned a year later and Gaudí was appointed the project architect, redesigning the project entirely. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2026. 西班牙巴赛罗纳著名的圣家族大教堂

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La Sagrada Familia Barcelona Catalonia, Spain

In support of Autism awareness day, the Sagrada Familia was illuminated supposedly "blue" for just one night (as seen in the previous image of this album). Fortunately for me, this meant that I could capture a less common image as compared to the million of other tourist snaps of this iconic location. As the sky became darker, the blue colour turned to purple. The grandeur of Gaudí's design is difficult to explain in words or even capture in a photograph. Its little wonder that it draws millions of tourist every year. The still pond situated in the Plaça de Gaudí provides a great reflection in the foreground.

The Sagrada Familia is still under construction, hence the numerous construction cranes, and is expected to be completed in 2026. Keeping in mind that construction of the Basilica started in 1882, this Gaudí's masterpiece is most likely the only building that took 3 centuries to complete. It is just mind boggling how much wisdom and insight Gaudí had to not only design such an unique building, but also ensure sufficient detail will be left after his death for other architecture to continue his work.

Unfortunately, the large influx of foreign visitors are not welcomed by all the locals. Incidents of pick pockets, robbers targeting tourists and slashing tires of rental cars ( we experienced this first hand) are fairly common. There were also plenty of anti-tourism graffiti around.

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Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família at blue hour (The Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family), designed by the famous Catalan...

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona 1/50s f/5.0 50mm ISO 500 Lens: EF 50 f/1.2L (click to see all my photos with this lens)

Probably the strangest cathedral in the world, the "Sagrada Familia" by the most famous Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi. Started in 1882 and still under construction.

The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Catalan pronunciation: [səˈɣɾaðə fəˈmiɫiə]; English: Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family), is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site,[5] and in November 2010 Pope Benedict XVI consecrated and proclaimed it a minor basilica,[6][7][8] as distinct from a cathedral which must be the seat of a bishop.

Though construction of Sagrada Família had commenced in 1882, Gaudí became involved in 1883,[5] taking over the project and transforming it with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted his last years to the project, and at the time of his death at age 73 in 1926 less than a quarter of the project was complete.[9] Sagrada Família's construction progressed slowly, as it relied on private donations and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War, only to resume intermittent progress in the 1950s. Construction passed the midpoint in 2010 with some of the project's greatest challenges remaining[9] and an anticipated completion date of 2026, the centenary of Gaudí's death.

The basílica has a long history of dividing the citizens of Barcelona, over the initial possibility it might compete with Barcelona's cathedral, over Gaudí's design itself,[10] over the possibility that work after Gaudí's death disregarded his design,[10] and the recent proposal to build an underground tunnel of Spain's high-speed rail link to France could disturb its stability.[11]

Describing Sagrada Família, art critic Rainer Zerbst said, "It is probably impossible to find a church building anything like it in the entire history of art"[12] and Paul Goldberger called it, "The most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic architecture since the Middle

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona 1/50s f/5.0 50mm ISO 800 Lens: EF 50 f/1.2L (click to see all my photos with this lens)

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