Sagrada Familia

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Thousands of people thronged the streets of Barcelona to greet the Pope as he traveled to the Sagrada Familia.

On his second day in Spain and before consecrating the church of the Sagrada Familia by Antoni Gaudí as a minor basilica, Benedict XVI met briefly with the king and queen of Spain in a private meeting.

Inside the basilica more than 6,500 people are expected, along with 1,100 celebrants among the cardinals, bishops and priests. In the streets near the Sagrada Familia, 36 giant screens were installed for the more than 100,000 people expected to watch the Mass and the consecration of the church.


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The expiatory church of La Sagrada Família is a work on a grand scale which was begun on 19 March 1882 from a project by the diocesan architect Francisco de Paula del Villar (1828-1901). At the end of 1883 Gaudí was commissioned to carry on the works, a task which he did not abandon until his death in 1926. Since then different architects have continued the work after his original idea.

The building is in the centre of Barcelona, and over the years it has become one of the most universal signs of identity of the city and the country. It is visited by millions of people every year and many more study its architectural and religious content.

It has always been an expiatory church, which means that since the outset, 125 years ago now, it has been built from donations. Gaudí himself said: "The expiatory church of La Sagrada Família is made by the people and is mirrored in them. It is a work that is in the hands of God and the will of the people." The building is still going on and could be finished some time in the first third of the 21st century.

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