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NHK Films the Completed Tower of Jesus at Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, Building a 100-Year Gaudí Milestone Into a One-of-a-Kind Broadcast
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NHK Films the Completed Tower of Jesus at Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, Building a 100-Year Gaudí Milestone Into a One-of-a-Kind Broadcast

With Gaudí’s death marking the centennial this week, Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has produced a media look at the completed Tower of Jesus at the Sagrada Família, using the production team’s access to the remaining construction work and the site’s final stages.

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The Tower of Jesus at the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, one of the basilica’s central landmarks designed by Antoni Gaudí, has been completed and is now the subject of a major Japanese broadcast project by NHK. The network’s work comes as Spain marks the 100th anniversary of Gaudí’s death, with the project framed as a milestone in bringing a long-running construction effort to its final form.

In a report published Tuesday, Deadline said NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, was granted the opportunity to capture the building process and final completion stages of the Tower of Jesus. Deadline described the production as the result of NHK being the only broadcaster allowed access for the finished-tower build, rather than a Spanish network following the project throughout.

Deadline’s report includes a production account from the NHK team, describing the filming experience in physical terms rather than purely technical ones. One of the broadcasters’ representatives is quoted characterizing the structure and its movement through time as something that seemed to take on life, saying it “felt almost like a living being.” The quote is presented in the report as part of the broadcasters’ account of documenting the construction on site.

The Tower of Jesus is part of Sagrada Família’s ongoing and cathedral-sized building history, which has depended on decades of funding, planning, and specialized engineering to carry forward Gaudí’s designs. The Deadline report positions the NHK project as a way to bring the completion of this particular tower to an international audience, turning the basilica’s most recent finishing phase into a media event for Japanese viewers.

The Deadline article also connects NHK’s filming access to the logistics of making a broadcast that can show both the craft and the scale of the work. By capturing the Tower of Jesus as it reached completion, the production is intended to document the end point of a specific element of the larger Sagrada Família project, not just a visit to the finished site. The report frames NHK’s access as a rare opportunity tied to who was authorized to film during the closing stages of the tower.

Deadline’s story further notes that the broadcast timing is tied to Gaudí’s centennial, with the completion of the Tower of Jesus arriving as part of the international attention expected for the anniversary. The report describes the project as an exclusive effort in the sense that NHK was selected for the access it received, placing the broadcaster’s coverage at the center of how Japanese audiences will be able to see the completion of this segment of Gaudí’s work.

No additional details about the precise filming schedule, the length of the broadcast, or the release format were included in the Deadline excerpt. Deadline also did not specify whether the NHK program includes coverage tied to any separate on-site ceremonies, beyond the anniversary framing and the focus on completion of the Tower of Jesus.

With the tower completed and NHK’s filming project finalized, the next steps for audiences will be tied to the broadcaster’s release plans and the distribution of the NHK program to viewers in Japan. The coverage also underscores how the basilica’s most visible building milestones continue to function as international cultural events, drawing attention from major public broadcasters beyond Spain.

Why It Matters

  • NHK’s access suggests the Tower of Jesus completion will be presented to a major foreign audience through a centralized public-media lens, rather than by regional Spanish coverage.
  • The timing at Gaudí’s centennial indicates the basilica’s completion milestones remain closely tied to anniversary programming and public cultural attention.
  • Because filming was described as authorized and limited, the broadcast may be among the few recorded accounts showing the final stages leading up to completion.
  • The project highlights ongoing institutional coordination around a living, working construction site, balancing public access, safety, and permitted media documentation.
  • The NHK coverage adds an international distribution channel for public knowledge of Gaudí’s work as the site continues its long-term construction and finishing phases.

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Key Facts

  • NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, filmed and produced coverage of the completed Tower of Jesus at Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, according to Deadline.
  • Deadline said NHK was the only broadcaster granted permission tied to capturing the Tower of Jesus building process and its completion stages.
  • Deadline’s report describes an NHK team member saying the experience “felt almost like a living being.”
  • The project is framed around the 100th anniversary of Antoni Gaudí’s death.
  • Deadline published the story on June 12, 2026, describing NHK’s access and the completion milestone as an international media event.
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