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The Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor (English: Expiatory Church of the Holy Cross, Spanish: Templo Expiatorio del Sagrado Corazón; is a church located on the summit of Mount Tibidabo in Barcelona, work of the architect Enric Sagnier and completed by his son Josep Maria Sagnier i Vidal. Its construction lasted from 1902 to 1961.

History

The idea of building a temple on the summit of the Tibidabo Mountain emerged in the late 19th century to the rumors about the construction of a Protestant church and a hotel-casino, with what a "Board of Catholic Knights" acquire the ownership of the field giving it in 1886 to John Bosco, while was visiting Barcelona then invited by Dorotea de Chopitea great patron and promoter of the project. There arises the idea of a temple dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, invocation in fashion at that time thanks to the impetus of the Pope Pius IX, and in line with the temple built in Rome by Bosco itself (Sacro Cuore di Gesù) and the famous Sacre-Coeur in Paris.

In 1886 he built a neo-Gothic chapel, and two years later, during the Universal Exhibition urbanizing Vallvidrera road and built the chapel beside a flag of Mudejar style, which served as a lookout, then struck. However, the project will suffer a significant delay mainly due to the emergence of a new project to build an observatory on top of Tibidabo, which finally came on a nearby hill (Observatorio Fabra). Finally, on December 28, 1902 placed the first stone in a ceremony presided by the Bishop of Barcelona, Salvador Casañas i Pagès.

On October 29, 1961 received the title of basilica minor, given by Pope John XXIII.