THE SAGRADA FAMILIA: LIVING STONE THROUGH TIME

Marco Bersanelli, Professor of Physics and Astrophysics, Università di Milano; Chiara Curti, architect expert on the Sagrada Familia, lecturer and researcher at the Antoni Gaudí Faculty in Barcelona; Jordi Faulí, chief architect of the Sagrada Familia; Andrea Mastrovito, sculptor, author of the Agnus Dei for the Tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Familia. Moderated by Martina Saltamacchia, Professor of Medieval History, University of Nebraska, Omaha

The central tower of the Sagrada Família, dedicated to Jesus Christ, was completed in 2026, the centenary of the death of Antoni Gaudí. From the beginning, the great Catalan architect involved in the construction of the basilica a network of human relationships capable of weaving together faith, art, observation of nature, and technical innovation. A story that still continues today and that has touched, in different and sometimes unpredictable ways, the speakers of this meeting as well. Their accounts will accompany us in discovering a unique building in the world, where beauty becomes illuminated matter, and where tradition and modernity meet in the sculpture, the light, and the representation of the universe evoked inside the central tower.