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Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família
Basílica y Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia
Sagrada Familia 01.jpg
View of the Passion Façade (Western side) in September  2009
(cranes digitally removed)
Religion
Affiliation Roman Catholic
District Barcelona
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Minor basilica
Leadership Archbishop Lluís Martínez Sistach
Year consecrated 7 November 2010
Location
Location Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Architecture
Architect(s) Antoni Gaudí
Architectural style Modernisme
General contractor Construction Board of La Sagrada Família Foundation
Groundbreaking 1882
Completed 2026-2028 (estimate)
Specifications
Direction of façade Northeast
Capacity 9,000
Length 90 metres (300 ft)
Width 60 metres (200 ft)
Width (nave) 45 metres (148 ft)
Spire(s) 18 (8 already built)
Spire height 170 metres (560 ft) (planned)
Official name: Works of Antoni Gaudí
Criteria i, ii, iv
Designated 1984
Reference no. 320bis
Type Cultural
State Party Spain
Region Europe and North America
Official name: Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia
24-07-1969
(R.I.)-51-0003813-00000
Type Monument

The Sagrada Família (full name Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família ) is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926).

Although not finished, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In November 2010 it was consecrated (dedicated to a special purpose) and made a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI.

Building of the Sagrada Família began in 1882. Gaudí started working on it in 1883. He took over the project, and changed it with his ideas on architecture and engineering.

Gaudí worked on it until he died. At the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the building was finished. The Sagrada Família's building was slow. It needed private donations (people giving money to it). It was stopped by the Spanish Civil War—only to start again in the 1950s. Building was more than halfway done after 2010. Some of the project's biggest problems still remain. There is an expected finish date of 2026–100 years after Gaudí's death.

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