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I was there 25 years ago, went up one of the towers. Was a magical place even though, or perhaps because, it was very much unfinished.

Surely it still isn't finished? I thought it was expected to be finished in 2026. Do you have any urls showing the current state?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia

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I was admiring the Sagrada Familia one day about ten years ago, and was astonished when a chap in a high-vis vest walked past me and started chipping away modifying some stonework with a chisel. He didn't look overly enthused, just getting on with his job.

The Sagrada Familia is a marvel, and deserves to be finished, but it was somehow magical to be there while it was (long-windedly) being built, worked on by skilled artisans probably not too different from someone working on the cathedral in my own home town in the 1090s.

> my own home town in the 1090s.

There are quite a few to choose from: Ely, Durham, Canterbury, Winchester, etc., and of course others around Europe.

There seems to have been a new impetus to the construction in the last ten or so years. No idea of the schedule though. I guess I should have said "more unfinished".

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