After Nearly 144 Years, Construction Of World’s Tallest Church Reaches Big Milestone – What’s Taken So Long?

Photo: View of the La Sagrada Familia from the Four Points by Sheraton Diagonal, Barcelona, Catalunya, España. Photo credit: Charles via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Tom Hale. IFLScience – February 27, 2026.

Over 140 years since shovels broke ground, the construction of the Sagrada Família is finally nearing completion. But what’s taken so long? The Sagrada Família is a towering basilica in Barcelona, Catalonia. Designed by the eccentric architect Antoni Gaudí, the structure boasts a distinctive style that beautifully blends naturalistic shapes with complex geometry and fluid, free-form designs. […]

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