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We delve into Antoni Gaudi’s roots in Camp de Tarragona to discover buildings, landscapes and sources of inspiration that forged his personality and unique way of looking at architecture and the world...

One of Gaudí’s goals for the Sagrada Família was to bring religious music to the faithful. To do so, the architect wanted to return to the origins, to Gregorian chants, the traditional music of the Catholic Church from medieval times, and popular Catalan music.

March 19, Saint Joseph's Day, is a significant date at the Sagrada Família. On that day in 1882, the first stone was laid in the temple, an anniversary that this year marks 144 years

The most noteworthy visits and contact of the pontiffs to the Sagrada Familia

Antoni Gaudí made sculptures from real models. One of them was Mariano Barceló, a stonemason at the Sagrada Família who posed for Christ on the crucifix.

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.

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...

Sculptors in Gaudí’s time created plaster moulds of objects, animals and plants...