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s0000061 |
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10/28/98 |
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Expiatory Church of the Sagrada Familia |
| Templo expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia, Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família |
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Construction phase:
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1882
- 2026
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under construction
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Location: |
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Function / usage:
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| Next to: |
School of the Sagrada Familia (1909)
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| Description | Value |
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masonry
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| building structure |
masonry
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tower height |
100-150 m |
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| 1875
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| First plans are drawn for a cathedral based on the basilica of Loreto in Italy. |
| 1877
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| The architect of the Diocese, Francisco de Paula de Villar, offers to draw up a plan for free. |
| 19 March 1882
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| The first stone is laid based on Vilar's drawings. |
| 3 November 1883
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| Gaudí takes over as architect after Villar's resignation. |
| 1884- 1887
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| Construction of the crypt. |
| 1885
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| Consecration of the chapel of Saint Joseph. |
| 1891- 1900
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| Construction of the Eastern façade. |
| 1898
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| Gaudí decides to change the floor plans for the Eastern bell towers. The originally square plan becomes circular. |
| 1900
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| Ornaments on the portals of the Eastern façade are mostly finished. The bell towers have reached a height of 32 meters. |
| 1906
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| Financial problems reduce the pace of construction. |
| 1914
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| Construction is halted because of lack of funds. Up to date 3.3 million pesetas were used. A model of the church is built. |
| 1918
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| Gaudí's final design of the Western façade (Passion) is completed. |
| 30 November 1925
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| The bell tower dedicated to Saint Barnabas is completed. |
| 1926
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| Gaudí is buried in the crypt after his death. |
| 1927- 1930
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| Completion of the remaining three bell towers of the Eastern façade. |
| 1936
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| A fire in the crypt destroys parts of Gaudí's archives and models. |
| 1954
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| Foundations of the Western façade are begun. |
| 1976
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| The tops of the towers for the Western façade are completed. |
| 1985
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| Completion of the Western façade. |
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Alsina, Claudi Gaudí ingegnere / Gaudí engineer, in
"Crossing", June 2001, n. 2 v. 2 .
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Burry, Mark Expiatory Church of the Sagrada Familia (Antoni Gaudí), Phaidon Press Ltd., London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0714828491, 1993; pp. 190-215.
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Dupré, Judith Churches, HarperCollins, ISBN 0060194383, 2002.
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Heinle, Erwin Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen (3rd edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421029318, 1997; pp. 213.
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Margolius, Ivan Architects + Engineers = Structures, Academy Editions, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471498254; pp. 28-29.
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Sabbah, Catherine Horizons architecture / Architectural Horizons, Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281191478, 2001.
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Zerbst, Rainer Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926), Taschen, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3822800678, 1993; pp. 190-215.
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