Barcelona - Finestre sull'Arte

Sagrada Família, Tower of Jesus Christ prepares for blessing by Pope Leo XIV

The Sagrada Família 's Tower of Jesus Christ will be inaugurated and blessed on June 10, 2026 as part of the centenary celebrations of Antoni Gaudí's death. The announcement was made in Barcelona at a press conference of the Junta Const...
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Barcelona declares war on tourist rentals: stop B&Bs to bring residents back downtown

"Tourism must be at the service of the city, not the city at the service of tourism," which is why "tourist [house] rentals will disappear by 2028." This sentence alone would be enough to restore the political sense of the position of Barcelona's may...
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Sagrada Familia, completed the exterior of the tower of Jesus Christ, the tallest in the Temple

The upper arm of the cross over the Jesus Christ Tower of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona was mounted yesterday, marking the completion of the tower's exterior structures. Work inside the structure will continue during 2027 and 2028. With thi...
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Sagrada Familia, status of work illustrated. Many events in 2026 to mark the centenary of Gaudí's death

The Sagrada Familia outlined in a press conference the current status of work on the Temple and the next stages of its construction, centered on the completion of the Tower of Jesus Christ and the Chapel of the Assumption. A few months away from the ...
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Barcelona, two activists throw colored powder on Sagrada Familia. 600 euro fine

Two activists from the Futuro Vegetal collective threw colored powder on the facade of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona yesterday to protest the complicity of various governments in the fires that ravaged the Iberian Peninsula this summer. The two ac...
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Barcelona, rear facade of Casa Batlló restored: reconstructed to original appearance

Casa Batlló, one of the most emblematic masterpieces of Barcelona's modernist architecture designed by the genius of Antoni Gaudí, has recently completed a major restoration of the rear facade and inner courtyard, which began during the...
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Andrea Mastrovito wins competition to create Sagrada Familia's Agnus Dei

The Museu Diocesà de Barcelona, also known as Casa de la Almoina, is hosting an exhibition until June 9, 2025, dedicated to the five artistic proposals conceived to create theAgnus Dei to be placed inside the cross at the top of the tower of J...
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Miquel Barceló, Cristina Iglesias and Javier Marín will design the facade of the Gloria of the Sagrada Familia

The council overseeing the construction of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona has commissioned artists Miquel Barceló, Cristina Iglesias and Javier Marín to develop an artistic proposal for the design of the façade of the Gloria. These pr...
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