One hundred and twenty years after this photo was taken, Barcelona’s world famous Sagrada Família remains unfinished. The spectacularly audacious cathedral was designed by the eccentric Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and remains the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world.

Construction had already been underway for 23 years when these two dashing gentlemen stopped for a chat in 1905. The current estimation is that it will be finally finished in 2026, in time for the centenary of Gaudí’s death.

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