The Sagrada Familia
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Middlesbrough123
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Once they do an energy certification theyl be starting all over again . It will look $hite with thermal cladding but what can ya do ? 
BlindBoyGrunt
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I don't know; if you cover the towers with solar panels and stick windmills on the top it could probably power half the city.Once they do an energy certification theyl be starting all over again . It will look $hite with thermal cladding but what can ya do ?
1finny
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Must have been built before Lincoln Cathedral then? which held the spot until either the Washington Monument or Eifel Tower (whichever came first)
Edit
Just checked - Lincoln lost it’s title when the spire fell off around 1550
All those tall towers are just the baby towers (representing the 12 disciples). There's a giant tower in the middle (representing God/Jesus or whatever) which will reach to the moon. That's why it's taking a while.
GibbosEmpire
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Been twice and it is amazing, but I've just seen it from the outside, don't think I'd pay the fee to go in.
Cardiffdaffs
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We have a 5000 piece jigsaw that was started 144 years ago and we are still trying to complete the sky.
NorthumberlandBoro
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It's taking almost as long to complete as the new stand at Fulham.
SmallTown
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Hate to be geeky on this one but it is a specific height: 1m shorter than Montjuic. Guadí was very religious and he didn't want to build anything higher in Barcelona than what God had created
atypical_boro
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Doesn’t sound like he is that devoted then if he believes God didn’t help him create La Sagrada Familia.
newyddion
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Westminister.. I’d sell it off for flats.
xxlshirts_fit_all
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I walked across the city to see it and found it surrounded by construction boards and scaffolding…
I’m not sure I was anything more than underwhelmed by it, I didn’t go in though so might’ve missed its best bits…
I’m not sure I was anything more than underwhelmed by it, I didn’t go in though so might’ve missed its best bits…
jonny_greenings_sock
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I first visited it in 2004 when it was due to be completed in 2008, and the guidebook said “expect it to be a frenzied construction site as work intensifies to finish the cathedral.”
I saw a total of two Spanish men in hard hats, and one was asleep.
If Gaudi was born in Guangzhou they’d have knocked up the bloody thing in 3 weeks.
I saw a total of two Spanish men in hard hats, and one was asleep.
If Gaudi was born in Guangzhou they’d have knocked up the bloody thing in 3 weeks.
jonny_greenings_sock
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These guys are everyday heroes.
Rate used to be a can of Mahou or Estrella for 52c from the supermarket, or €1 from the guy - decent profit margin but a good deal is one where both sides come out of the negotiation happy.
Used to have a Cerveca Frio guy in the square next to mine who would repurpose a bin with ice after dark to keep his cerveca extra frio, what a legend. Me and my mate went down halfway through a house party once and bought his entire stock, was something like €56
