No, the Sagrada Família is not finished

Another anniversary. Gaudí died 100 years ago already. Should we be glad about it? It seemed necessary in any case to mark the occasion. Now, the works on the Sagrada Família have precisely come to an end at the beginning of 2026 — oh, what a happy coincidence — with the emblematic placing of a cross on the highest of the eighteen towers, dedicated to Jesus. Spectacular photographs are circulating around the world; one could not have wished for better.

This extraordinary adventure, begun in 1882, is therefore coming to an end. At least, that is what one can read and hear everywhere. Yet the Sagrada Família is…