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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, July 6, 2014: Sagrada Familia towers

Paul Heymont 7/6/145:00 AM

Under construction for more than a century—and still not finished—the iconic towers of Antonio Gaudi's Sagrada Familia basilica share the frame with one of the many construction cranes working on the project. At center, a figure meant to represent Jesus preaching.

Below, the decorative capitals of several of the lower towers; each side of the building bears a different season's fruit.

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