1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,920 Speaker 1: This Day in History Class is a production of I 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hello History Lovers. I'm Eves and you're listening 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 1: to This Day in History Class, a show that uncovers 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: history one day at a time. Today is March nineteen. 5 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: The day was March Night two. The cornerstone of the 6 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 1: Sagrada Familia of Roman Catholic Minor Basilica in Barcelona was 7 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: laid more than a century after construction began. Work on 8 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: the Basilica is still not complete. In eighteen sixty six, 9 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 1: bookshop owner Joseph Maria Bocabela founded the Spiritual Association of 10 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: the Devotees of St. Joseph. On his way back to 11 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: Spain after visiting Rome, he discovered the Sanctuary of the 12 00:00:55,440 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: Holy House in Laredo. Bokabela was inspired by its design, 13 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: and he decided to build a similar church in Barcelona. 14 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 1: So the association began advocating for the construction of an 15 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: expiatory temple dedicated to the Holy Family. The Holy Family 16 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: is made up of the Christ Child, Virgin Mary and 17 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: Saint Joseph. The association received several donations, and in eighteen 18 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: eighty one it purchased land in Barcelona to build the 19 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: temple on Initially, architect Francisco de Pala de Viar was 20 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: tasked with designing the church. Though Bocabella had an exact 21 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: replica of the Laredo Sanctuary in mind, VR convinced him 22 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: that a Neo Gothic temple was the route to take. 23 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: His plan was to design a church with three naves 24 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,759 Speaker 1: in a Latin cross floor plan, a crypt, seven chapels, 25 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: appointed bill tower, and outer buttresses. The cornerstone of the 26 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: project was late in eighteen eighty two, on March nineteenth, 27 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: the feast day of St. Joseph, construction began on the 28 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: foundations for the crypt, but by eighteen eighty three, differences 29 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: of opinion over the construction of the Sagratta Familia led 30 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: VR to step down from his role on the project. 31 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: That year, Antony Good was named the architect of the temple. 32 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: He was a young architect, but he set about making 33 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: changes to the original plan. He made the vaults higher 34 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: in the crypt, made the windows bigger, and changed its 35 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 1: central staircase and entrance. The crypt was completed in eighteen 36 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: eighty nine, but God's plan revamped the design of the 37 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: entire project, which would be more grand and all inspiring. 38 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 1: It would have a Latin cross floor plan with five naves, 39 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 1: a transept, a cloister surrounding the building, and twelve bell towers. 40 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: Work began on the apps, which is a semi circular 41 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: recess within the building that's covered with a domed fault, 42 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: and in eighteen ninety two the foundations were laid for 43 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: the Nativity Facade. The portal of the Rosary, an entrance 44 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: to the Nativity cloister, was completed, and the provisional schools 45 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 1: of the Sagratta Familia for the children of workers and 46 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 1: people in the neighborhood were built. God's work on the 47 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: Expiratory Temple of the Sagratta Familia dominated much of his career. 48 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: He came up with the final design for the naves 49 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: and roofs in nineteen three, in construction was completed on 50 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: the first bill tower on the Nativity Facade. Godi was 51 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: so dedicated to the project that he pretty much abandoned 52 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: all his other work and even lived next to his 53 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: workshop in his last months. He died in nineteen six 54 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 1: after being hit by a tram and was buried in 55 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: the crypt. But after God died, construction on the Sagratta 56 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: Familia continued. Over the years. Construction on the Basilica has 57 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: dealt with several setbacks, including fire and vandalism during the 58 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: Spanish Civil War, and the design of the western passion 59 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: facade has been criticized by many people. 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