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Pope Leo blesses Barcelona's Sagrada Familia as an 'architectural masterpiece'
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- Pope Leo blesses Barcelona's Sagrada Familia as an 'architectural masterpiece' Topic:Architecture
- Pope Leo XIV has celebrated Spain's Sagrada Familia Basilica as an architectural masterpiece of "stones, colours and light" during a mass and ceremony to inaugurate its newest tower.
- The procession also marked the centenary of the death of its architect, Antoni Gaudí, and attracted an estimated 120,000 people to the streets of Barcelona.
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Pope Leo blesses Barcelona's Sagrada Familia as an 'architectural masterpiece' Topic:Architecture
Pope Leo XIV has celebrated Spain's Sagrada Familia Basilica as an architectural masterpiece of "stones, colours and light" during a mass and ceremony to inaugurate its newest tower.
The procession also marked the centenary of the death of its architect, Antoni Gaudí, and attracted an estimated 120,000 people to the streets of Barcelona.
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