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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Audrey Liza M. Nolasco

Sagrada Família Hits Final Height As Tower Of Jesus Christ Nears Completion After 144 Years of Construction

Sagrada Família reaches its final height as the Tower of Jesus Christ nears completion after 144 years of construction. (Credit: WIKICOMMONS)

Barcelona's Sagrada Família has finally reached a historic milestone more than a century in the making.

After 144 years of construction, the basilica has hit its final structural height of 566 feet, following the installation of a towering cross atop the central Tower of Jesus Christ. But even as celebrations unfold, a new and far more contentious fight is emerging just outside its walls.

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