The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is set to be finished in 2026, around 144 years after construction first started on the Catholic church in 1882. On 20 March, the Sagrada Familia annual report ...

But the church wasn't always Gaudí's. The architect that was first commissioned to work on the Sagrada, Francisco de Paula del Villar, was replaced after disagreeing with its promoters.

A church in Spain has been under construction for more than 140 years, which is far longer than the 20 years it took to build the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. La Sagrada Familia, arguably ...