The Basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona began with the laying of a foundation stone for a church financed by donations from a Catholic association devoted to Saint Joseph. The first architect, Francisco de Paula del Villar, resigned within a year, and Antoni Gaudi took over, redesigning the building with organic forms inspired by nature and devoting the last decades of his life to it. After his death in 1926 the work continued slowly, was damaged during the Spanish Civil War, and has gone on using modern technology and private funding. The church was consecrated as a minor basilica in 2010, and parts of it are part of a UNESCO World Heritage listing of Gaudi's works.
Before and after
- from 1882 to 1918Kingdom of Serbia
- 25 January 1882Birth of Virginia Woolf
- 30 January 1882Birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 2 February 1882Birth of James Joyce
- 19 March 1882Construction of Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family
- 24 March 1882Robert Koch identifies the tuberculosis bacillus
- 19 April 1882Death of Charles Darwin
- 20 May 1882Birth of Sigrid Undset
- 2 June 1882Death of Giuseppe Garibaldi
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The era
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