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ANTONIO GAUDI CHRONOLOGY

by Juan Bassegoda Nonell

1852, June 25 Birth of Gaudi
1852, June 26 Baptism in Church of Saint Peter, Reus
1863 Begins studies at the Escuelas Pias, Reus
1869 Moves to Barcelona to study architecture
1873 Enrolls in the Provincial School of Architecture, Barcelona
1876 Death of Gaudi's mother, Antonia Cornet Bertran
1878, March 15 Degree in architecture
1879 Altar for the School of Jesus-Mary, Tarragona
1883 Begins work on the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
1884-1887 Pavilions of the Guell Estate, Barcelona
1885, March 19 First design for the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
1886-1888 Teresian School, Barcelona
1889-1893 Episcopal Palace, Astorga
1891-1892 Casa de los Botines, Leon
1895-1897 Guell Cellars, Garraf, Barcelona
1898-1899 Casa Calvet, Barcelona
1900-1902 Entrance portal of the Miralles Estate, Barcelona
1900-1909 Bellesguard Tower, Barcelona
1900-1914 Park Guell
1903-1914 Restoration of the Cathedral of Mallorca
1903-1916 First Glorious Mystery, Montserrat
1904-1906 Casa Batllo, Barcelona
1906 Gaudi begins to live at the Park Guell
1906, October 29 Death of Gaudi's father, Francisco Gaudi Serra
1906-1911 Casa Mila (La Pedrera), Barcelona
1908-1917 Crypt of the Guell Estate church, Barcelona
1910 Gaudi exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris
1912, January 11 Death of his niece, Rosa Egea Gaudi
1914 Death of his associate, Francisco Berenguer
1918, July 9 Death of Eusebio Guell
1925 Completion of the Sagrada Familia Bell Tower of Saint Barnabas
1926, June 7 Gaudi is struck by a streetcar
1926, June 10 He dies in the Santa Cruz Hospital, Barcelona
1926, June 12 He is buried in the Carmen Chapel of the Sagrada Familia crypt
1936, July 20 An intentional sacrilegious fire in the crypt and subsequent desecration of Gaudi's tomb
1939 Identification of Gaudi's body and its eventual replacement in the tomb
1952 Sagrada Familia facade of the Passion begun
1952 Centenary exhibition
1956 Royal Catedra Gaudi created at the university
1969 The works of Gaudi declared National Monuments
1984 Three works by Gaudi entered on the World Heritage list of UNESCO:  the Casa Mila, the Palacio Guell, and the Park Guell

 (From "Antonio Gaudi, Master Architect," by Juan Bassegoda Nonell, photography by Melba Levick)

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