Basílica de la Sagrada Família is a church Catalonia, Spain
The Basílica Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, otherwise known as Sagrada Família, is a church under construction in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), in 2005 his work on Sagrada Família was added to an existing (1984) UNESCO World Heritage Site, "Works of Antoni Gaudí".On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica.
On 19 March 1882, construction of Sagrada Família began under architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. In 1883, when Villar resigned, Gaudí took over as chief architect, transforming the project with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted the remainder of his life to the project, and he is buried in the church's crypt. At the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete.
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On 19 March 1882, construction of Sagrada Família began under architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. In 1883, when Villar resigned, Gaudí took over as chief architect, transforming the project with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted the remainder of his life to the project, and he is buried in the church's crypt. At the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete.
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00:00The Basilica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia, otherwise known as Sagrada Familia,
00:12is a church under construction in the Ixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
00:18It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world, designed by Catalan architect
00:23Antoni Gaudí, 1852-1926.
00:27In 2005 his work on Sagrada Familia was added to an existing, 1984, UNESCO World Heritage
00:34Site, works of Antoni Gaudí.
00:37On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica.
00:44On 19 March 1882, construction of Sagrada Familia began under architect Francisco de
00:50Paula del Villar.
00:52In 1883, when Villar resigned, Gaudí took over as chief architect, transforming the
00:58project with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art
01:02Nouveau forms.
01:04Gaudí devoted the remainder of his life to the project, and he is buried in the church's
01:08crypt.
01:09At the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete.
01:15Relying solely on private donations, Sagrada Familia's construction progressed slowly and
01:20was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War.
01:23In July 1936, anarchists from the FAI set fire to the crypt and broke their way into
01:29the workshop, partially destroying Gaudí's original plans.
01:33In 1939, Francis de Paula Quintana took over site management, which was able to go on with
01:39the material that was saved from Gaudí's workshop and that was reconstructed from published
01:43plans and photographs.
01:46Construction resumed intermittent progress in the 1950s.
01:51Advancements in technologies such as computer-aided design and computerized numerical control
01:55– CNC – have since enabled faster progress and construction past the midpoint in 2010.
02:01In 2014, it was anticipated that the building would be completed by 2026, the centenary
02:07of Gaudí's death.
02:09But this schedule was threatened by work slowdowns caused by the 2020-2021 depths of the COVID-19
02:15pandemic.
02:16In March 2024, an updated forecast reconfirmed a likely completion of the building in 2026.
02:23Though the announcement stated that work on sculptures, decorative details, and a controversial
02:28proposed stairway leading to what will eventually be the main entrance is expected to continue
02:32until 2034.
02:35Describing Sagrada Familia, art critic Rainer Zerbst said, it is probably impossible to
02:40find a church building anything like it in the entire history of art.
02:44And Paul Goldberger describes it as the most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic
02:48architecture since the Middle Ages.
02:51The Basilica is not the Cathedral Church of the Archdiocese of Barcelona, as that title
02:56belongs to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and St. Eulalia, Barcelona Cathedral.
03:01Origen's Sagrada Familia was inspired by a bookseller, José María Bocabella, founder
03:06of Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José, spiritual association of devotees of
03:12St. Joseph.
03:14After a visit to the Vatican in 1872, Bocabella returned from Italy to build a church inspired
03:20by the Basilica at Loretto.
03:22The apse crypt of the church, funded by donations, was begun on 19 March 1882.
03:29On the festival of St. Joseph, to the design of the architect Francisco de Paula del Villar,
03:34whose plan was for a Gothic revival church of a standard form.
03:38The apse crypt was completed before Villar's resignation on 18 March 1883, when Antony
03:43Gaudi assumed responsibility for its design, which he changed radically.
03:48Gaudi began work on the church in 1883 but was not appointed architect-director until
03:531884.
03:54That is all.
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