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From Unfinished Icon To Sacred Landmark: Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia Enters Final Chapter
From Unfinished Icon To Sacred Landmark: Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia Enters Final Chapter

(ANALYSIS) Once the cranes disappear, the basilica will cease from being an evolving construction project and instead become something more fixed — a monument subject to preservation battles, increased tourism pressures and the inevitable weight of history. Nonetheless, Pope Leo’s Spain trip, with a stop in Barcelona, represents the fulfillment of decades of hard work.

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