Sagrada Família

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Architectural postcard illustration of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain
An architectural postcard from the Living Atlas.

Antoni Gaudí's unfinished basilica, begun in 1882, whose forest of columns and melting facades blend Gothic and Art Nouveau.

Why Atlas chose this place

A building that looks grown rather than built — Gaudí's spires are the closest architecture gets to dreaming.

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