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.

Funded through donations, the first architect of La Sagrada Familia, Francisco de Paula del Villar, planned for a neo-Gothic structure beginning with the crypt. Work started on the site in 1882 ...

Salvador Barroso, a lawyer working with the Association for those Affected by the Sagrada Familia, told the outlet ... an entire city block, or bloc de la ciutat in Catalan (one of Barcelona's ...

Esteve Camps, the president of the organisation in charge of the original master plan of Gaudí, said architects behind the works on the Sagrada Familia were in talks with Barcelona council and ...

La Sagrada Familia is Barcelona’s famous unfinished church. Vicky Farncombe from Witness History has been talking to architect Mark Burry, who worked on the building for more than 35 years ...