President to attend inauguration of Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia tower

President Nikos Christodoulides is flying to Barcelona on Wednesday to attend the inauguration of one of the towers of the Sagrada Familia, a still unfinished Catholic church designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi.

Construction of the church began in 1882 and the main structure and central towers were scheduled for completion in 2026 to coincide with the centenary of Gaudi’s death. However, the whole of the massive church is not now expected to be finished before 2034....