Sagrada Família fixed its stained glass to spell Kyiv correctly
It took 140 years to build the cathedral, but fixing a single Soviet typo on a stained-glass window took six weeks of actual craftsmanship.
In Barcelona, world-famous basilica Sagrada Família finally got rid of a Soviet-era legacy in its side nave windows. A stained-glass medallion that spelled the Ukrainian capital as "Kiev" was uninstalled and replaced with "Kíiv", matching official Catalan linguistic standards.
This was not just someone scraping off paint with a knife. Stained glass in legendary landmarks does not work like that. Craftsmen spent six weeks creating a brand-new custom glass piece from scratch to fit perfectly into the leaded window frame.
When local Ukrainian activists brought it up, chief architect Jordi Faulí agreed to the replacement immediately, calling it a basic matter of justice. The initiative got full backing from Catalan parliament speaker Josep Rull and Ukrainian diplomats, ensuring the cathedral's global iconography reflects authentic names rather than imperial relics.
Fixing a historic spelling error in a world heritage site while construction continues proves that accurate naming outlasts empires.
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