The Saga of Barcelona's La Sagrada Familia

The Remarkable Saga of Barcelona's La Sagrada Familia
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Interior View
After Gaudí's death, work proceeded under the management of his close associate, Domènec Sugrañes, and would pass through the hands of others who knew the master. Though efforts have been made to respect Gaudí's original idea, it is hard to know what he would have wanted exactly, since he understood that a project of such massive scale and detail would take several generations to complete. This photo, taken in 1957, shows the future interior of the Nativity facade.

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