Antoni Gaudí, the visionary architect behind many of Barcelona's most celebrated buildings, was hired to take over the construction of the city's Roman Catholic basilica in 1883 when he was only 31 years old.

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Antoni Gaudí, the visionary architect behind many of Barcelona's most celebrated buildings, was hired to take over the construction of the city's Roman Catholic basilica in 1883 when he was only 31 years old.

From that time until his sudden death in 1926, Gaudí lovingly labored on the building, his masterwork. The cathedral's exterior features a magical collection of drip-castle spires; on the inside, intense beams of sunlight filter through stained glass to illuminate a forest of columns.

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