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The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Spanish: Basílica de la S. The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Spanish: Basílica de la Sagrada Familia; 'Basilica of the Holy Family')is a church in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and is currently the largest unfinished Roman Catholic church. Designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (18521926), his work on Sagrada Família is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica.On 19 March 1882, construction of the Sagrada Família began under architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. In 1883, when Villar resigned,[7] Gaudí took over as chief architect, transforming the project with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted the remainder of his life to the project, and he is buried in the crypt. At the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete