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Sagrada Familia

Sagrada Família
Basílica i Temple Expiatori
de la Sagrada Família

Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia
Basilica and Expiatory Church
of the Holy Family
Sagrada Familia 01.jpg
View of the Passion Façade (Western side) in September 2009
(cranes digitally removed)
Basic information
Location Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Geographic coordinates 41°24′13″N 2°10′28″E / 41.40361°N 2.17444°E / 41.40361; 2.17444Coordinates: 41°24′13″N 2°10′28″E / 41.40361°N 2.17444°E / 41.40361; 2.17444
Affiliation Roman Catholic
District Barcelona
Year consecrated 7 November 2010
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Minor basilica
Status Active/incomplete
Heritage designation 1969, 1984
Leadership Archbishop Lluís Martínez Sistach
Website www.sagradafamilia.cat
Architectural description
Architect(s) Antoni Gaudí
Architectural style Modernisme
General contractor Construction Board of La Sagrada Família Foundation
Groundbreaking 1882; 135 years ago (1882)
Completed 2026-2028 (estimate)
Specifications
Direction of façade Southeast
Capacity 9,000
Length 90 m (300 ft)
Width 60 m (200 ft)
Width (nave) 45 m (150 ft)
Spire(s) 18 (8 already built)
Spire height 170 m (560 ft) (planned)
Official name: Works of Antoni Gaudí
Type Cultural
Criteria i, ii, iv
Designated 1984
Reference no. 320bis
State Party Spain
Region Europe and North America
Official name: Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia
Type Monument - Basilica
Designated 24-07-1969
Reference no. (R.I.)-51-0003813-00000
External video
Gaudí, Sagrada Família, Smarthistory

The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Catalan pronunciation: [səˈɣɾaðə fəˈmiɫiə]; Spanish: Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia; English: Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family) is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, designed by Catalan Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Gaudí's work on the building is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and in November 2010 Pope Benedict XVI consecrated and proclaimed it a minor basilica, as distinct from a cathedral, which must be the seat of a bishop.

Construction of Sagrada Família commenced in 1882 by architect Francisco Paula de Villar with Gaudí becoming involved in 1883 after Francisco resigned as the head architect. Taking over the project, Gaudí transformed it with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted his last years to the project, and at the time of his death at age 73 in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete.

Sagrada Familia's construction progressed slowly, as it relied on private donations and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War, only to resume intermittent progress in the 1950s. Construction passed the midpoint in 2010 with some of the project's greatest challenges remaining and an anticipated completion date of 2026, the centenary of Gaudí's death.


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