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Pope Benedict XVI consecrates the basilica of Sagrada Família before an audience of
6500, including King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia.
2010
Hot on the heels of their victory in the European football championship in 2008, Spain
defeats Holland in the World Cup held in South Africa, its first-ever World Cup title.
March 2014
Six months after a human chain stretches 400km across Catalonia, Spanish judges
declare Catalonia's planned referendum on independence unconstitutional. Seces-
sionists vow to proceed regardless.
2026
Builders aim to finish La Sagrada Familía on the centenary of the death of its creator
Gaudí (1852-1926), which is over 140 years after its construction began.
