{"id":351195,"date":"2026-06-10T21:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-did-the-sagrada-familia-take-144-years-to-build\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:00:07","slug":"why-did-the-sagrada-familia-take-144-years-to-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-did-the-sagrada-familia-take-144-years-to-build\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia take 144 years to build?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/k6YZCnlEnGE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why did the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia take 144 years to build?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k6YZCnlEnGE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Sagrada Fam\u00edlia is almost complete &#8211; but why has it taken more than a century to get here?<\/p>\n<p>On the 100th anniversary of the death of the church&#8217;s architect Antoni Gaud\u00ed, Pope Leo XIV is due to bless the Tower of Jesus Christ &#8211; the 566 foot spire that officially makes the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia the world&#8217;s tallest church.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>But its history goes back even further than Gaud\u00ed, as construction actually began 144 years ago. And even with the completion of the massive spire, the church is still not completely finished.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the history of the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia, and importantly why construction has taken so long, we speak to Tristram Carfrae and Steve McKechnie, the structural engineers behind the Sagrada\u2019s finishing touches.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sagrada Fam\u00edlia is almost complete &#8211; but why has it taken more than a century to get here? 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