Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor
In Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor, a Roman Catholic church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus once crowned the summit of Mount Tibidabo in Barcelona. The project grew out of late-19th-century talk about a Protestant church and even a hotel-casino there, prompting a “Board of Catholic Knights” to secure the land and place it under Saint John Bosco’s influence during his 1886 visit to the city, at the invitation of Dorotea de Chopitea. Construction began with a ceremony on 28 December 1902, when the first stone was laid under the direction of the Bishop of Barcelona, Salvador Casañas i Pagès. The crypt took shape between 1903 and 1911, and the church’s design is linked to the Catalan architect Enric Sagnier, completed by his son Josep Maria Sagnier i Vidal. The building’s architectural language followed a Byzantine Revival style. …
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