(ANSA) - MADRID, 07 DEC - A "big bright star" that "will change the profile of Barcelona": it is one of the novelties expected to start tomorrow in the Catalan city, where the inauguration of the new tower of the SagradaFamilia cathedral is scheduled. the construction of which actually ended last week with the installation, on top, of a glass and steel sculpture in the shape of a star, weighing 5.5 tons and 7.5 meters in diameter.
This is the Tower of the Virgin Mary, included in the original project by the architect Antoni Gaudí and has become, in recent months, the highest part of the existing structure of the temple.
The main acts of the inauguration of the tower are scheduled for tomorrow afternoon: starting at 6 pm, a message celebrated by the cardinal and archbishop of Barcelona Juan JoséOmella;
at 7.15 pm, a blessing;
at 7.40 pm, the first complete illumination of the tower, including the star.
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