Sagrada Familia - the famous unfinished church in BarcelonaLa Sagrada Familia is Gaudí's most famous and undoubtedly one of Spain's most famous churches. Gaudí built on the church through 43 years without being able to see the finished work. People are still building on the church and the architects in charge now talk about 20 more years to ending the project.
Barcelona's third cathedral
La Sagrada Familia is called Barcelona's thirds cathedral (after the cathedral La Seu and Santa Maria del Mar, also called the Cathedral of the Sea). Gaudí and Bocabella, the man behind the association "the Josephines" starting the project, wanted a unique church that had the Holy Family (Sagrada Familia) as a thematical subject in the centre.
18 church towers - 109 to 175 m.
When the church is finished it will have 18 towers, representing the 12 apostles, the 4 Evangelists, the Virgin Mary and Jesus. The Jesus Tower that will be raised in the church's centre, will measure a total of 170 meters. The highest existing tower measures 109 m.
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