The building of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia

The iconic Barcelona cathedral is nearing completion after over 140 years of construction

Sagrada Familia 2023
Work on the famously incomplete church is inching towards a conclusion with five of its six central towers now finished
(Image credit: Pau Barenna/Getty Images)

More than 140 years after the first cornerstone of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica was laid, the "famously incomplete" church is inching towards completion with five of its six central towers now finished.

But "would-be" pilgrims to the iconic site "should not expect to see Antoni Gaudí’s structurally audacious masterpiece fully realised" until at least 2026, said The New York Times

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 Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half before taking up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications. She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism.