“What makes Gaudí and the Sagrada Família so universal is precisely their local, Catalan character”

François Picard is pleased to welcome Antoni Vives, former deputy mayor of Barcelona in charge of town planning. According to Vives, the Sagrada Família is not simply an architectural masterpiece. It is a living demonstration of how authenticity, groundedness and transcendence can converge in a single human project. Its importance lies not only in its extraordinary design, but also in its ability to connect the local with the universal, the contemporary with the eternal, and nature with all that is sacred.