Gaudí: God’s architect

高迪:上帝的建筑师

The Documentary Podcast

2025-08-22

26 分钟
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In one of his final official acts before he died, Pope Francis put Antoni Gaudí, Spain’s most famous architect, onto the path to sainthood. Gaudí's masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia, is a towering basilica, strangely designed and bursting with colour. It stands in the heart of Barcelona and its walls recount the entire story of the Catholic religion. After 140 years, having survived wars, arson attacks and dictatorship, it is still under construction. As Gaudí worked on it throughout his life, he became obsessive and it intensified his devotion. By the end of his life he was living like a monk. The BBC's Max Horberry has been to Barcelona to see Gaudí's work and speak to the people who have been working to finish the Sagrada Familia and campaigning for Gaudí's sainthood. He finds out more about the path to sainthood and how architecture, nature and religion intertwine in Gaudí’s life. This episode of The Documentary, comes to you from Heart and Soul, exploring personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.
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  • Maria Teresa de los Ángeles is a nun in Cadiz, in the south of Spain,

  • and almost every day she prays to the architect, Antony Gaudí.

  • His unusual buildings are some of the most famous in Spain.

  • You might know him as the architect behind the Sagrada Familia.

  • the enormous basilica in Barcelona, which is still under construction after more than 140 years.

  • To some, he's known as God's architect.

  • And right now, a committee in the Vatican is deciding whether this architect will be made a saint.

  • Pope Francis, in one of his last official acts before he died, put Gaudí on the path to sainthood.

  • This is the documentary from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Max Holbury.

  • And on this episode of Heart and Soul,

  • which explores approaches to spirituality from around the world,

  • I'm in Barcelona, in Spain's northern region of Catalonia.

  • I'm here to understand why Spain's most famous architect could very well become a saint.

  • I talk to him like he's a friend.

  • A friend in the sky.

  • A friend in heaven.

  • More than anything, that's my relationship with him.

  • A dialogue.