SAGRADA FAMILIA, Today

In 1939, thirteen years after the death of Gaudí, the construction site took its works up again under the direction of a new architect who restored the burned crypt, consolidated the foundations, and reconstructed as much as he could from the master's sketches.

In 1954 a national fundraising day was established that coincided with the start of the west façade, that of the Passion. It took 30 years to complete the architectural part of this façade, and an incredible fifty years for the ornamental part, which was completed only in 2005. 

In 1961 a museum was inaugurated in the crypt containing all the relative documentation, reconstruction projects, and original documents.

After the completion of the Passion façade's steeples in 1976, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Gaudí's death, the central nave's construction finally began with the laying of the pillars' foundations, which will support fretwork including vaults, openings, and minor columns.

In 2000, the year of the Jubilee, the vaults of the transverse arms were completed and the final draft of the main façade, or Glory façade was presented, which will be flanked by towers dedicated to the Apostles Andrew, Peter, Paul, and James.

In 2008 the vaults of the rear hall were completed, and in 2010 those of the central nave and choir dedicated to the Virgin Mary....