The Sagrada Família in Barcelona was designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí in 1883. But a different architect, Francisco de Paula del Villar, began the project. He planned a traditional cathedral with Neogothic elements. When Gaudí replaced him a year after the cornerstone was laid, he took the project in an entirely new direction, envisioning a church of the future. Although construction continued after Gaudí’s death in 1926, many of his plans and models were destroyed during the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). The present design, parts of which have been met with criticism, is based on surviving and reconstructed materials and a number of modern adaptations.
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