Feed MRSS-S sagrada_familia_barcelona_a, english.elpais.com en-us https://english.elpais.com Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:36:23 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-02-09/barcelonas-sagrada-familia-climbs-toward-its-final-height.html Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:36:23 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-02-09/barcelonas-sagrada-familia-climbs-toward-its-final-height.html Clara Blanchar General foreman Jaume Oromí discusses the work at the temple, which is set to rise to 172.5 meters: ‘We always have the visitors below us’ General foreman Jaume Oromí discusses the work at the temple, which is set to rise to 172.5 meters: ‘We always have the visitors below us’ Barcelona Sagrada Familia Jaume Collboni Antoni Gaudí Massimiliano Minocri (EL PAÍS) Obras Sagrada Familia de Barcelona Site manager Jaume Oromí on the walkway located 130 meters above the ground. Site manager Jaume Oromí on the walkway located 130 meters above the ground. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/GQZ5OBXXKFFL5FEFWS5HMVXSFU.jpg?auth=f411c3cd5af832017e60db7bd4e8c975d16196addadc3c9f2de90753bc229b98" width="2999" height="2000" alt="Site manager Jaume Oromí on the walkway located 130 meters above the ground."></img><p>Since last November, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2018/09/21/inenglish/1537521039_878720.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2018/09/21/inenglish/1537521039_878720.html">Barcelona’s Sagrada Família</a> has been the tallest church in the world. A few months earlier, in August, it had become the tallest building in the city. But Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí did not want a human work to surpass a creation of nature — “a work of God,” he said. And so the project approaches its maximum height without exceeding Montjuïc mountain, which stands at 173 meters.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-02-09/barcelonas-sagrada-familia-climbs-toward-its-final-height.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/2BIUSU6HB5AF5EGVCIUYSBLFLM.jpg?auth=975bda8cace45404b1ad3de08ff4e6c6a0637134e43c3af418753d5562133eac" width="2999" height="2000" alt="The largest crane at the Sagrada Familia construction site, with the Tower of Jesus in the background. "></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/NON3WWYDMRCE3EBCNPQFJODRYM.jpg?auth=def7dc8c451566e3f0b7b21299e275cd795e17a9786a4a413be5d81a088b15cf" width="2999" height="2000" alt="The site manager of the Sagrada Familia, Jaume Oromí. "></img>