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| Gaudí. The man and his work | Anton Gaudí i Cornet (1852-1926) is the most popular architect in history.
His revolution of architecture and plastic arts is in the beginning of contemporary and future art.
Gaudí’s work is a search of perfection of art,of perfection of human person and of perfection of society.
He said:
«For doing well the works, it’s necessary:
first, love; second, technical ability».
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| The Twelwe Martis of the Basilica of the Holy Family | The Basilica of the Sagrada Família will have twelve martyrs. On 17 January 2012, Cardinal-Archbishop of Barcelona, Lluís Martinez Sistach, has closed the diocesan phase of the process of beatification of the Twelwe Martyrs of the Basilica of the Holy Family. These twelve presumed martyrs are six priests killed at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War and six lay people who died because had helped them or refugee: Dr. Francesc Parés, Chairman of the Board of Works, Fr. Gil Parés, chaplain of the Crypt, Fr. Jaume Llonch, organist and vicar of the Crypt; Dr. Ramon Balcells, founder of the Savings Bank of the Holy Family; Fr. Antoni Forn, parish of Sant Joan de Gràcia, the parish of Gaudí; o...  |
| A nave for men | The nave of the Sagrada Família that Benedict XVI has dedicated to the worship of God on November 7, 2010, fulfills one of the biggest bets of Cardinal Francesc Vidal i Barraquer (Cambrils, 1868 - Freiburg, 1943), known as the "cardinal of peace "and died in exile for his peacemaking efforts during the Spanish Civil War, including not having signed the Collective Letter of the Bishops, 1937.
Vidal i Barraquer solemnly blessed the first stone of the nave on December 11, 1921. There he was, holding respectfully his shabby hat of bohemian artist in his hand, the great architect Antoni Gaudí. He was sixty-nine years, he had spent thirty-eight to the Sagrada Família. Beginning, youth, with... |
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