One-hundred-and-thirty years and counting. . . . In 1883, 31-year-old architect and artist Antoni Gaudí took over a modest little project in Barcelona that had begun the year before, the subject of the photo in the March '12 issue: Sagrada Família Cathedral. (To be precise, the photo depicts the Passion Façade of the cathedral, taken from beneath the portico.)
With its multiplicity of spires, windows, façades and carved symbols (not to mention interruptions by several wars), it’s perhaps little wonder that the unique building’s construction is estimated to be only halfway completed. Fortunately, as Gaudí said, “My client (God) is not in a hurry.”
Thirty-seven readers sent in correct answers, and RICK SINDING of Princeton, New Jersey, won the drawing. We thank Judy Spielman of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for contributing the photo.