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Learn about the progress of Sagrada Familia, as five out of six central towers are now complete. Explore Gaudi's visionary design and its enduring appeal.
When Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) graduated from the Barcelona Architecture School in 1878, the director of the school Elies Rogent reportedly declared: "Gentlemen, we are here today either in the presence of a genius or a madman!" [1] Well over a century later, this tension is still evident in Gaudí's work; though he is widely regarded as a genius architect, his distinctive style stands as a singularity in architectural history—simultaneously a...
The 25th of June 2022 marks the 170th anniversary of the birth of architect Antoni Gaudí, an icon of Catalan modernism and architecture in Barcelona.
Pontius Pilate, Latin in full Marcus Pontius Pilatus, (died after 36 ce), Roman prefect (governor) of Judaea (26–36 ce) under the emperor Tiberius who presided at the trial of Jesus and gave the order for his crucifixion. According to the traditional account of his life, Pilate was a Roman equestrian (knight) of the Samnite clan of the Pontii (hence his name Pontius). He was appointed prefect of Judaea through the intervention of Sejanus, a favourite of the Roman emperor Tiberius. (That his title was prefect is confirmed by an inscription from Caesarea in ancient Palestine.) ...
In 1882, the bishop of Barcelona laid the cornerstone of what would become the city’s top tourist attraction – a soaring church in the flamboyant Catalan modernisme style, a local version of nature-driven art nouveau. Its 18 slender towers soar above the Spanish city’s skyline, beaten in height only by Montjuïc, the hill that supplied much of their stone. But...