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But it also includes some other architectural elements that made it a pretty avant-garde building in its day and age.
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The church of Santa María del Mar is home to a touching sculpture of the beloved Basque saint, right where he used to sit as a beggar.
The monolith is traditionally referred to as “the Pillar of Life,” making it a symbol of the Cross.
"The elements that will be rebuilt must meet the purpose for which the building was erected," he said.
The devotion became widespread after St. Margaret Mary Alocoque testified that she had received apparitions of Jesus requesting to be honored under the figure of His heart.
Gaudi’s masterpiece finally got a construction permit. But a 137-year bureaucratic bottleneck is not the only unique fact about the Sagrada Familia.
After the Reformation, Christ incarnate was to be proclaimed as boldly as possible.
The legislation would eliminate the possibility of President Macron’s proposal for “an inventive reconstruction of the cathedral.”
The Gothic style of one of the most beloved churches in the world is echoed in cathedrals outside Paris.
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