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Person1852 – 1926
Antoni Gaudí
Catalan architect whose buildings echo the curves of nature, who gave the last forty-odd years of his life to the Sagrada Família
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The first stone of the Basilica of the Holy Family was laid in Barcelona. Gaudí, who took over the next year, gave it his life, and more than 140 years on it is still being built.
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- Modern Landmarks1882 – 1973
From the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower to the Sagrada Família, the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Sydney Opera House — symbols of a new age built in iron, steel and concrete