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Rare tour reveals hidden treasures inside Barcelona's Sagrada Familia
A rare guided tour of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia reveals hidden symbols, sacred relics and little-known details embedded within Antoni Gaudí’s world-famous basilica. A rare tour of Antoni Gaudí's unfinished masterpiece reveals little-known details tucked away among its famous façades, soaring columns and colourful stained-glass windows. Among the highlights is a numbered grid on the Passion Façade often mistaken for a sudoku puzzle.
100 years after Gaudí's death, the Sagrada Família rises
One hundred years after his death, Antoni Gaudí remains one of the world's most influential architects and the creator of Barcelona's most iconic landmarks. In this special edition of arts24, Eve Jackson travels to the Catalan capital to explore the extraordinary legacy of the visionary behind the Sagrada Família, Park Güell and Casa Batlló. Through exclusive access, interviews with the architects continuing his unfinished masterpiece and a journey through the buildings that shaped modern...
A century without Gaudí: Barcelona celebrates the architect who turned the city into a work of art
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Spain: Human castle welcomes Pope Leo XIV to youth vigil in Barcelona
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Pope Leo to hold iconic mass at Spain’s Sagrada Família cathedral
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