F. Jiménez Losantos: Gaudí is a saint genius

Federico Jimenez Losantos defends Gaudí’s sanctity of the occasion of the Vatican exhibition "Gaudí and the Sagrada Familia". He says: "To me, Gaudí is a saint genius, a character to Francis of Asisi with the creative force of Michelangelo." Thank you, master, for this short biography of Gaudí. Gaudí is that part of the vital itinerary of Jimenez Losantos, during his stay in Catalonia. "In Barcelona, he writes, I lived at 72 Hospital Street, corner Robadors. (...) Interestingly, Robadors entrance is directly opposite the Hospital de la Santa Creu, where Gaudí lay dying three days after being hit by the tram. (...) Every time I entered these gardens next to my house remember the great Gaudí (...), as a neighbor who had just died." There are Catalonian citizens who know Gaudí with less depth, as "the first tourist attraction in the Spanish State, with a big increase due to the Pope" or "the ambassador of culture and the Catalan Church." That's true, he knew it and said that "millions of people will come see what we do here" or "The Temple is the most worthy of representing a country." Gaudí also repeated: "Everything is providential."

Josep Maria Tarragona, Desember 5, 2011
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