Temple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

This guide to the Temple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Barcelona starts with the bronze Christ crowning the dome today and the first version of that statue, which lasted barely a year. It traces back to 1911, when church leaders in Madrid named this half-finished mountaintop basilica Spain's national temple of atonement, and follows sculptor Frederic Mares's statue through to 1936 and the outbreak of civil war. You'll also hear about architect Enric Sagnier laying the crypt's first stone in 1902, and his son Josep Maria spending a lifetime finishing the church above it.