- Pope Leo XIV is visiting Catalonia, touring the mountaintop Montserrat monastery and celebrating Mass at Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.
- The Sagrada Familia — a nature‑inspired Gaudí masterpiece still under construction after 144 years — is a huge tourist magnet (about 90% foreign visitors) and now the world’s tallest church, sparking local overtourism concerns.
- Montserrat’s Black Madonna is a beloved Catalan pilgrimage symbol—and little known fact: Gaudí’s early work linked the mountain’s forms to the Sagrada Familia’s design.
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