Barcelona’s towering Sagrada Familia basilica reached its maximum height on Friday, though the magnum opus of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí remains years away from completion.
A crane placed the upper arm of a cross atop the “Tower of Jesus Christ,” the church’s soaring central piece, which now stands 172.5 meters (566 feet) above the city, the church said.
While the unfinished monument is already the world’s tallest church, with Friday’s addition, the Sagrada Familia inched closer to being done.
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