The Sagarda Familia is a church located in Barcelona which is still not finished. The church was designed by a Spanish architect named Antoni Gaudi. The construction of this humongous church started during 1882 under another architect named Francisco de Paula del Villar. In 1883 Gaudi took over as the chief architect as Villar had resigned. The cathedral is combining Gothic and Curvilinear Art Nouveau forms.

During 1993 Gaudi died at the age of 73 when he was run down by a streetcar and now he is buried in a crypt. When Gaudi died, less then a quarter of the project was done (this was a very sad thing). After some progress the construction stopped for a while because of the Spanish civil war and they continued around 1950. At 2010, CNC have enabled faster progress and passed the midpoint. However, some of the projects challenges remain, including the construction of ten more spires which each of the spires symbolising a biblical figure.

The cathedral will have 3 grand facades the Navtivity facade is facing the east, The Passion facade will be facing the west and the glory facade facing the south. The Navtivity is constructed between 1894 and 1930. The Passion facade is constructed between 1954 and 1987 and last but not least, the Glory facade. the glory facade stared construction during 2002 and is still constructing.

To help us understand the background history of this cathedral my father helped our family install the Sagarda Familia audio guide app! To use the audio guide, we simply had to look at the top corner of the board and see what the number is, after finding the number. you will have to . This app only costs $3.75 and is affordable for an audio guide!

The Cathedral is planned to be completed by 2026!

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