A large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Construction passed the mid-point in 2010 with some of the project's greatest challenges remaining and an anticipated completion date of 2026—the centennial of Gaudí's death.
Gaudi designed the columns (pictured), to mirror trees and branches, which were in his eyes God's creation. A man highly influenced and in love with nature, he designed the church to be the tallest building in Barcelona, and tallest church in the world, with the central spire of Jesus Christ to be surmounted by a giant cross; the spire's total height of 170m will be one metre less than that of Montjuïc hill in Barcelona as Gaudi believed that his creation should not surpass God's.
With a gothic style, this amazing church has a significant interior and exterior with so many highly detailed components, from human, life sized stone modelling on the facade, to astonishing spires, all representing something significant from religious aspects to nature, yet to stay every little detail is aesthetically amazing and extraordinary!
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