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The article misses an important bit of info: when the construction started, the Sagrada Familia was not in Barcelona, but in an independent municipality, Sant M

The article misses an important bit of info: when the construction started, the Sagrada Familia was not in Barcelona, but in an independent municipality, Sant Martí de Provençals. It was to this municipality that the building permit was requested, not to Barcelona, which would annex the municipality and with it, the Sagrada Familia, 15 years later. Plus, most of the documentation regarding the building, including plans, scale models etc. were destroyed in a fire caused by anarchists when the Civil War started. The story is more complex than just incompetent bureaucracy.

StavrosK 7y ago
I was very impressed when I visited the museum under the Sagrada Familia and saw photos of the beginning of construction, when the church was in the middle of large hay fields with no buildings around. Now it's nearly in the middle of the city!
- dmos62 7y ago
  I scoured for old photos of it, didn't find many: 1915 http://suitelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/736px-Sagrada_Familia_1915.jpg http://suitelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/736px-Sagrad... 1915 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/La_Sagrada_Familia_en_construcci%C3%B3n%2C_c._1915.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/La_Sagra...
  - toyg 7y ago
    We should remember that this was more than 100 years ago. 100 years is a long time. A lot of our collective subconscious is still acting like we’re stuck in 1982, but the XX century is long over.
    - jtms 7y ago
      Not sure exactly what point you are trying to make.
      - toyg 7y ago
        That it’s not that impressive that a city will grow significantly in 100 years.
    - Jenz 7y ago
      Ahem! Born in 2001.
rolltiide 7y ago
Sagrada Familia looks like an amalgamation of Spanish culture, its incomplete nature acts like an amalgamation of Spanish culture, and your story only reinforces that It doesn't matter how it got there, that history IS Spanish culture and it doesn't make anyone sympathetic to the outcome. Its just "yep."
- jtms 7y ago
  OP was simply adding details of the history - not sure why you are taking a defensive tone
drugme 7y ago
Can you elaborate more on this "fire caused by anarchists", please?
- JorgeGT 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror_(Spain)#Early_outbreak_of_violence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror_(Spain)#Early_outbr...
  - drugme 7y ago
    Thanks, I'll look into it. (From the downvote, someone apparently didn't appreciate my asking).
mevile 7y ago
I would listen to a podcast episode or read a book about this. It sounds like an interesting story!
- eduren 7y ago
  99% Invisible recently did an episode about its history: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/la-sagrada-familia-2/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/la-sagrada-familia-2/
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StavrosK 7y ago

I was very impressed when I visited the museum under the Sagrada Familia and saw photos of the beginning of construction, when the church was in the middle of large hay fields with no buildings around. Now it's nearly in the middle of the city!

dmos62 7y ago
I scoured for old photos of it, didn't find many: 1915 http://suitelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/736px-Sagrada_Familia_1915.jpg http://suitelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/736px-Sagrad... 1915 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/La_Sagrada_Familia_en_construcci%C3%B3n%2C_c._1915.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/La_Sagra...
- toyg 7y ago
  We should remember that this was more than 100 years ago. 100 years is a long time. A lot of our collective subconscious is still acting like we’re stuck in 1982, but the XX century is long over.
  - jtms 7y ago
    Not sure exactly what point you are trying to make.
    - toyg 7y ago
      That it’s not that impressive that a city will grow significantly in 100 years.
  - Jenz 7y ago
    Ahem! Born in 2001.

rolltiide 7y ago

Sagrada Familia looks like an amalgamation of Spanish culture, its incomplete nature acts like an amalgamation of Spanish culture, and your story only reinforces that It doesn't matter how it got there, that history IS Spanish culture and it doesn't make anyone sympathetic to the outcome. Its just "yep."

jtms 7y ago
OP was simply adding details of the history - not sure why you are taking a defensive tone

drugme 7y ago

Can you elaborate more on this "fire caused by anarchists", please?

JorgeGT 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror_(Spain)#Early_outbreak_of_violence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror_(Spain)#Early_outbr...
- drugme 7y ago
  Thanks, I'll look into it. (From the downvote, someone apparently didn't appreciate my asking).

mevile 7y ago

I would listen to a podcast episode or read a book about this. It sounds like an interesting story!

eduren 7y ago
99% Invisible recently did an episode about its history: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/la-sagrada-familia-2/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/la-sagrada-familia-2/
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