La Sagrada Familia is a huge church that was started by Antonio Gaudi hundreds of years ago and up to now is still under construction. This church has 18 towers and its columns are leaning. None of the columns are at right angle to the floor. The architectural society in Spain has called the style of this church as "Warped Gothic". The rippling contours of the stone façade make it look as though Sagrada Familia is melting in the sun, while the towers are topped with brightly-colored mosaics which look like bowls of fruit. Gaudí believed that color is life, and, knowing that he would not live to see completion of his masterpiece, left colored drawings of his vision for future architects.
Antoni Gaudí worked on the project for over 40 years, devoting the last 15 years of his life entirely to this endeavour. Gaudi died in 1926. The work continued under the direction of Domènech Sugranyes till it was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War in 1935. Since 1940 the architects Francesc Quintana, Isidre Puig Boada, Lluís Bonet i Gari and Francesc Cardoner have carried on the work. The current director and son of Lluís Bonet, Jordi Bonet i Armengol, has been introducing computers into the design and construction process since the 1980s. They expect to complete this church in 2041.
Information taken from Wikipedia.
A view of the church from Mallorca Street.
A view of the church from Mallorca Street.
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