The Cathedral Builder Who Got It Backwards
In 1882, Antoni Gaudí took over construction of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, convinced he was building something magnificent for God. He poured forty-three years...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16.
In 1882, Antoni Gaudí took over construction of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, convinced he was building something magnificent for God. He poured forty-three years of his life into that basilica — sleeping in his workshop, refusing other commissions, sketching spires that wouldn't be completed in his lifetime. When friends urged him to hurry, Gaudí famously replied, "My client is not in a hurry."…
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