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Article: SPAIN'S SAGRADA FAMILIA CATHEDRAL SLOWLY BUILDS ON ITS DESIGNER'S DREAMS.(Getaways)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- April 25, 1996
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Seventy years after the death of the man who designed the Sagrada Familia cathedral, his most famous work still lacks a roof.
Not to worry. Those carrying forward one of the most exotic construction projects of modern times say that - with luck and a lot of money - the cathedral will be completed in only another half-century, more or less.
Its spires topped by plant-like shapes or covered with glazed ceramics and looking like giant lollipops, the Sagrada Familia (Holy Family) cathedral is a monument to fantastic dreams and perseverance.
Designed by architect Antoni Gaudi, famed for incorporating nature's designs into his work, the cathedral ...