Antoni Gaudi

how many generations of architects craftsmen and works men has it taken to get gaudi's vision this far?

3

how old was gaudi when he started to work on sagrada familia?

31 yrs

What city is the Basilica la Sagrada Familia located?

Barcelona, Spain

Pope Benedict XVI travelled only once outside of Rome to bestow the Vatican's highest honor on a church what was that honor?

Basilica

gaudi wanted the interior of the church to have the feel of a what? why?

Forrest; where man can be closer to God

Antoni Gaudi is known as who's architect?

Gods

the columns that bear the heaviest load are made of Red porphyry that is from?

Iran

Define the term Basilica

Sacred place

what did they use to reverse engineer gaudi's plaster models?

aeronautical engineer software

Gaudi reinvented the language of what?

architecture

Gaudi wanted to write the whole history _________ faith in one building.

catholic

how many years was gaudi a head of his time?

century/100yrs

who is paying for the project?

donations from church

only one part of the building was completed while Gaudi was alive what was it?

facade

how many more years will it take to finish the sagrada familia?

13

How long have they been working on the Sagrada Familia?

130

When was sagrada familia envisioned by gaudi?

1883

in 1936 the Spanish civil war broke out. the anarchist attached the building destroying what?

plaster model

after gaudi death what did the builders use as a guide?

plaster models

Gaudi saw a building as a ___________ not just a place to live.

sculpture

Gaudi saw the building has his way to make amends for what?

sins of modern world

gaudi designed the building to be 3 feet shorter than what?

tallest surrounding mountain