Sagrada Família belongs to the Common Era — dated here to c. 1882 CE at Barcelona, Spain. Dates mark a scholarly centre of gravity (dedication, completion, or iconic phase), not a single foundation day.
Gaudí’s unfinished basilica — stone grown like a forest, still rising more than a century later.
How it amazes the brain
Hyperboloid vaults, ruled surfaces, and stained glass that turns midday into a prism. Computation now finishes what Gaudí sketched.
Why it counts as a wonder
It never needed a contest ballot to scramble the brain: scale, craft, or sheer improbability is enough.
A living construction site that is already a wonder — and still not “done.”
On dating
CE means years after the traditional birth of Christ. A monument listed as c. 1882 CE may have been founded earlier, rebuilt later, or become famous only in one phase. Engineering wonders (dams, tunnels, orbiting labs) are dated to opening or assembly.
This is story 19 of 100 in The Trend Ledger’s illustrated desk on world wonders raised after the birth of Christ — the companions to our BCE series.