Barcelona City Council plans to block the completion of the Sagrada Família

The Sagrada Família, the grand church that Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (Reus, 1852 - Barcelona, 1926) redesigned in 1883 and which has been under construction ever since, may remain unfinished. It was scheduled for completion in 2026, but a purpose of the Barcelona City Council, led by Mayor Ada Colau, threatens to halt the work permanently. The daily La Vanguardia explains that Gaudí’s original plan calls for an elevated plaza in front of the Gloria’s façade on Calle Mallorca, but the construction of the necessary staircase would require the demolition of a building that insists on the site. This, the Spanish newspaper continues, would involve the expropriation of at least 150 apartments and, of course, problems arising from the relocation of the inhabitants.

The previous junta, in fact, had identified a plot of land where housing would be created to accommodate the inhabitants affected by the expropriation, but the current administration would instead like to use the same land for other purposes (the mayor would like to place services for the neighborhood there). As a result, the large church may not be completed according to the original plan. “For the current junta,” we read further in La Vanguardia, “the basilica context project is not part of the priority and urgent objectives.”

However, the chief architect of the Sagrada Família work, Josep Faulí, has stated several times that a possible decision on the staircase in front of the façade of the Gloria does not affect the progress of the work (the construction of the building should proceed smoothly). New consultations are scheduled to decide the fate of the large Catalan factory.

Source: La Vanguardia

Barcelona City Council plans to block the completion of the Sagrada Família

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