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Basic Information = ==== La Sagrada Familia is a Roman Catholic Bascilla. It is huge and has been under construction for over one hundred years. This building is beautiful and itshows advances in archeticture and desingn starting in 1882. La Sagrada Familia translates to The Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family. La sagrada familia is located in Barcelona, Spain. Spain is in south western Europe and Barcelona is located in north eastern Spain. The design of La Sagrada Familia is credited to Antonio Gaudi, however many other architects and sculptors have carried on with construction since Gaudi's death. Gaudi is famous for sculpting many buildings including Casa Calvet, Casa Vicens, College of the Teresianas and La Sagrada Familia. Gaudi was born on June 5, 1852 and he died on June 10, 1926, after spending almost 40 years of his life on La Sagrada Familia. Construction of this building is estimated to finish on a few different dates. One of these dates is 2026 this is one hundred years after Gaudi died and would make the total time under construction 144 years. Other source estimate that it will be done anywhere from 30 to 80 years from now. If this is true the total time under construction will be 158-208 years. One reason why construction is taking so long is because it is just so big. Also, the technology available in the late 1800's wasn't as good as it is today. Making such an enormous building with old technology is very time consuming. Construction was stopped in 1936 due to the Spanish Civil War, during this time many of Gaudi's models and his workshop were destroyed which, slowed the construction. The speed of construction has excelled greatly within the past 20 years due to modern technology. La Sagrada Familia will be a huge building when it is complete. The tallest of the tower is expected to reach 560 feet. It will be about 200 feet wide and about 310 feet long. ====

La Sagrada Familia is Spain's most popular tourist attraction. Around 2 million people visit it every year.
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