The Saga of Barcelona's La Sagrada Familia

The Remarkable Saga of Barcelona's La Sagrada Familia
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Getting There
On Nov. 7, the day of the Pope's visit, the building itself remains far from finished. Current estimates suggest that construction will not be complete for another 15 years. Gaudí himself seemed unconcerned about the amount of time it would take to finish his masterpiece. "The master of this work," he once famously said, "Is in no great hurry."

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