Pope to bless Sagrada Familia's Jesus Tower in Barcelona

Gaudí's basilica attracts millions of visitors annually, with North Americans and Chinese tourists leading the numbers.

Generic image of the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona.
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Generic image of the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona.

This Wednesday, June 10th, Pope Leo XIV will bless the Jesus Tower of Antoni Gaudí's iconic Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

Beyond Gaudí's masterpiece, the name 'Sagrada Familia' also identifies other locations, such as a church in Sabadell, located on Passeig del Dos de Maig. This parish, established in 1967, celebrated its 50th anniversary on October 22nd, 2017, with a mass presided over by the then bishop of Terrassa, Josep Àngel Saiz Meneses. The current administrator is Father Gustavo Lezama.
Barcelona's Sagrada Familia remains a major tourist attraction. In 2025, it welcomed 4,877,567 visitors, a figure very similar to the previous year. Visitors of North American nationality were the most numerous (15.07%), followed by Chinese (7.20%) and Italian (6.92%). Spanish visitors accounted for 10.82%, and those from the rest of Europe, 15.67%.