Sagrada Familia: the tallest tower will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Gaudí's death
By Valérie Demon , correspondent in Madrid (Spain)
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The Sagrada Familia will inaugurate its tallest tower, the Jesus Christ tower, on June 10, 2026. This photo taken in Barcelona, Spain, on September 18, 2025, shows the site where a large cross built in Germany will be erected piece by piece over the coming months. Jan-Uwe Ronneburger / dpa/picture-alliance
Barcelona's basilica will gain height starting June 10, 2026, when the Tower of Jesus is inaugurated. It will be a highlight of the centenary year of architect Antoni Gaudí's death. But construction of this extraordinary monument is still far from complete.
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I subscribeThe centenary of the death of architect Antoni Gaudí, elevated to the rank of " venerable " in April, is well worth a solemn mass. It will be June 10, 2026, a symbolic date also chosen for the completion and inauguration of the tallest tower of the Sagrada Familia, that of Jesus Christ, 172.5 meters high. This central act of the commemorations of the Year of Gaudí, with nearly seventy activities, could acquire a unique significance. " We sent an invitation to Pope León XIV to come on June 10 and we hope to have a response by the end of the month ," explained Esteve Camps, delegate president of the basilica's construction committee.
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