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Soillse: Series 3: Episode 11: Dileab Gaudi/Liquid Stone

Dileab Gaudi/Liquid Stone

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Episode 11: Dileab Gaudi/Liquid Stone

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The Sagrada Familia Church in Barcelona; an unfinished architectural masterpiece.

A' togail eaglais an Familia Sagrada ann am Barcelona. The building of the Sagrada Familia Church in Barcelona.

Chaidh Eaglais an Sagrada Familia ann am Barcelona, an cruthachadh as fheàrr aig Antoni Gaudi, a thòiseachadh anns an 19mh linn deug agus thathas fhathast ag obair air an-diugh. Chuir Gaudi seachad dà fhichead 's a trì bliadhna dhe a bheatha ag obair air an eaglais agus an uair e thàinig e gu aire nach deidheadh crìoch a chur air anns a' bheatha aigesan, dh' fhàg e modailean dealbhachaidh le siostam innleachdail geoimeatrach a bha a' ciallachadh gum b' urrainn do na ginealaichean ri teachd crìoch a chur oirre. Leis a bhàs aige ann an 1926, rud ris nach robh dùil, agus iad air cur as do na modailean aig àm cogadh sìobhalta na Spàinn, 's e fìor smuain a bh' ann don fheadhainn a leanadh a bhith a' cumail na h-obrach a' dol. Tha an dùbhlan airson crìoch a chur air eaglais an Sagrada Familia, a-reir an t-seallaidh aig Gaudi, air fhoillseachadh le ailtirean agus luchd-ciùirde a tha air bliadhnaichean a chur seachad air am bogadh ann a bhith a' fuasgladh nan ruin-dìomhair aig Gaudi.

The Sagrada Familia Church in Barcelona, Antoni Gaudi's most ambitious creation, was begun in the 19th century and is still under construction today. Gaudi spent 43 years of his life working on the church and when he realised it would not be completed within in his lifetime, he left intricate design models encoded with an ingenious geometrical system that would enable future generations to complete it. With his untimely death in 1926 and the destruction of the models during the Spanish Civil War, the task of continuing posed a daunting enigma for those who followed. The challenge to complete the Sagrada Familia Church, according to Gaudi's vision, is revealed by the architects and artisans who have spent years of their lives immersed in unlocking the secrets of Gaudi's liquid stone.

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