The Saga of Barcelona's La Sagrada Familia

The Remarkable Saga of Barcelona's La Sagrada Familia
©Junta constructora Temple Sagrada Família

Work in Progress
Gaudí would work on the building until his death in 1926, devoting almost all of his time to the project in the last years of his life. By the time this photograph was taken in 1924, the Nativity facade, above, was almost finished. The apse facade, not visible in this photograph, was completed in 1894.

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