The first stone was laid in 1882. In June 2026, a pope blessed its final tower, and the Sagrada Família is still not finished. How does one church take more than 140 years?

From a bookseller's donation-only temple to Gaudí's death under a tram, the 1936 fire, aerospace software, 134 years without a permit and an unresolved staircase dispute.

Chapters:
0:00 The Bookseller's Temple
1:28 Gaudí's Impossible Vision
2:57 A Tram on Gran Via
3:56 Fire in the Workshop
5:35 Borrowing From Aerospace
6:59 134 Years Without a Permit
7:59 The Tallest Church on Earth

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