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LA Sagrada Famlia!

La Sagrada Familia is a huge church that has many interesting things to it. la sagrada familia means the holy family. Antonio Gaudi was told to take on the works of the La Sagrada Familia. He was an archetect on it. He changed the church completely and had a whole different plan on how to construct the church. Gaudi wanted to do many different things to the church. So, he did and the church is very beautiful and he did a great job. One example is that Gaudi made the bell tower round. That was different than the usual square bell towers. Gaudi died in 1926. He did not stop working on the church until then. Gauidi was so comited that he lived on a studio on the site. The church is located in Barcaloma, Spain. The construction of the church was started on March 19th, 1882.

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Pinnacles-

The 18 Towers-

The 3 Facades-

Citations-


 * "Sagrada Familia, Barcelona." A View On Cities. Web. 29 Nov. 2010. .


 * La Sagrada Família. Web. 29 Nov. 2010. .


 * Way, By The. "Barcelona Sightseeing Archives." Barcelona Apartments, Barcelona Hotels,. Web. 29 Nov. 2010. .


 * Santcer. Barcelona - La Sagrada Familia. Digital image. Flicker. Web. 6 Dec. 2010. .
 * Veneman, Vans. A Mosaiced Pinnacle. Digital image. Sacred Destinations. Web. 6 Dec. 2010. .
 * Vannini, Sandro. Close-up View of Spire on Church of the Sagrada Familia by Antonio Gaudi Y Cornet. Digital image. Corbis Images. Web. 6 Dec. 2010. .
 * Spires of the Sagrada Familia by Gaudi. Digital image. Corbis Images. Web. 6 Dec. 2010. [].
 * The Nativity Facade of the Temple of the Holy Family. Digital image. Travaling Spain. Web. 6 Dec. 2010. []..

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