Initial construction began on the church in 1882, and after 143 years of work, architect Antoni Gaudí’s masterpiece is almost complete. Now, almost 100 years after his death and before the ...

Pope Francis declared the Sagrada Familia architect “venerable,” the second step in the beatification process. He still must ...

Antoni Gaudí, the celebrated Catalan long ... years of his life and career exclusively to the Sagrada Família, other buildings bearing his distinctive style are dotted all over Barcelona ...

Jordi Faulí I Oller is currently the head architect of the basilica, the seventh to hold the position. Several architects who ...

Antoni Gaudi, the designer of Barcelona's famous Sagrada Familia basilica, has been put on the path to sainthood by the Catholic Church, the Vatican announced Monday. Gaudi, nicknamed "God's ...

Antoni Gaudí was the designer of La Sagrada ... It has been placed on Unesco's World Heritage list, along with some of Gaudi's other works, and was consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.