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Quina música volia Gaudí a l’interior de la Sagrada Família?
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What music did Gaudí envision inside the Sagrada Família?

 • 9 min. reading

Singing was always a big part of Antoni Gaudí’s project for the Sagrada Família. In this post we will discover how Gaudí imagined the choirs (the spaces for the choirs) and their acoustics, how he wanted the singers placed, his taste in music and his relationship with Lluís Millet and Orfeó Català.

Sagrada Família crane operators: «Seeing the project grow fills us with pride»

Sagrada Família crane operators: «Seeing the project grow fills us with pride»

 • 7 min. lectura

At nearly 200 meters above the ground, crane operators play a key role in the Sagrada Família towering up into the Barcelona sky

Armand Puig: “Gaudí was a genius and a saint”

Armand Puig: “Gaudí was a genius and a saint”

 • 17 min. lectura

We get to know Antoni Gaudi’s professional and personal sides with Armand Puig

Angelina Torres: «They told me they were going to build a church that would be the pride of Catalonia»

Angelina Torres: «They told me they were going to build a church that would be the pride of Catalonia»

 • 6 min. reading

She was 112 years and almost 8 months old. Angelina Torres Vallbona was the oldest person in Spain. The fifth of seven siblings, Torres was born in 1913 (one year before World War I) in Bellvís...

What does the Cross for the tower of Jesus look like and how is construction progressing?

What does the Cross for the tower of Jesus look like and how is construction progressing?

 • 6 min. reading

The completion of the tower of Jesus Christ is expected for the end of this year. But what is this structure like and how much of it has been built?

Use of reinforced concrete at the Temple of the Sagrada Família

Use of reinforced concrete at the Temple of the Sagrada Família

 • 8 min. reading

Why did Gaudí decide to use reinforced concrete to make the interior structure of the Sagrada Família?

Sagrada Família columns: the geometry, mechanics and materials of a stone forest

Sagrada Família columns: the geometry, mechanics and materials of a stone forest

 • 8 min. reading

The columns inside the Sagrada Família, one of Antoni Gaudí’s most noteworthy contributions to the world of architecture, are unique in shape (double twist) and tree-like structure, which allows them to absorb and distribute the Temple loads.

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Consulta l’estat actual de les obres i les properes fites arquitectòniques de la Sagrada Família. Amb un 70 % finalitzat, la construcció de la Basílica continua amb els treballs de la capella de l’Assumpta, la segona sagristia, la torre de Jesús, la façana de la Glòria i trams del claustre annex.

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