Sagrada Família Finally Reaches Completion After more than 144 years of construction, Barcelona’s Sagrada Família has reached the defining milestone that generations of visitors, architects and worshippers had been waiting for: the completion of its central structure. The basilica’s final major structural element was installed atop the Tower of Jesus Christ in February 2026. The addition brought the building to its planned height of 172.5 metres, completing the six central towers and making the Sagrada Família the tallest church in the world. The moment came in the centenary year of the death of Antoni Gaudí, the visionary architect who devoted…