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Gaudí quote 7

When objections were raised as to the extended completion date of the Sagrada Familia, Gaudí said:

"Don´t worry, my client isn´t in a hurry"

Sagrada Familia 
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Santa Maria del pi

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Sep 06 |11:08 AM

Santa Maria del Pi is on the Placa Sant Josep Oriol, a pretty square that is filled with an artists' market on the weekend and the outdoor tables of the Bar del Pi the rest of the time.
The church has a Romanesque door but is otherwise Catalan Gothic in style. It has a single wide nave with chapels beneath the buttresses and a giant rose window at the entrance. The interior is plain but features some beautiful stained glass windows.


Originally built in the 14th century, the church was gutted by fire in 1936 and restored in the 1960s.

Address

Placa Sant Josep Oriol, Barri Gotic, Barcelona

Opening hours

9am-1pm and 4-9pm


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Gaudí's dead

Not much people know how Gaudí died. From what it known he was hit by a tram in front of Sagrada Familia when he crossed the street aiming to go to the construction side of his masterpiece.

He lay in the hospital "Hospital de la Santa Creu", but people didn't recognise the famous artist because of his neglected appereance.

Only three days later, a friend of him found him in this hospital and asked for a private room for him. The same day, 10 July 1926 he died. 

He was buried in the midst of La Sagrada Família.

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