The last days of Gaudí

On June 7, 1926, Antoni Gaudí walked out of the compound of the partially built Sagrada Família for his daily confessions in Barcelona s old city. On the way he was knocked down by a tram. Largely reclusive and dressed like a pauper, the country s greatest architect was unrecognized and taken to the city s ancient public hospital where he was gi ven a bed among the anonymous poor.