Updated: 07/01/2011 12:47 | By MSN Travel contributors
In pictures: the world's 50 most beautiful things

Most beautiful modern building



The eccentric Sagrada Familia, still under construction, is due to be completed in 2026 (© John Walton/EMPICS Sport/PA)
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  • Lascaux caves in south-western France - the Sistine chapel of prehistoric art (© Pierre Andrieu/AP/PA)
  • The eccentric Sagrada Familia, still under construction, is due to be completed in 2026 (© John Walton/EMPICS Sport/PA)
  • The curly-toed, golden-threaded shoes of a Nizam of Hyderabad (© Matthew Plexman)
  • Two Citroens DS near the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris (© Jacques Brinona/AP/PA)
  • Ann Agee's delft-tiled toilet: proof that you can find beauty in anything (© John Michael Kohler Arts Centre)
  • Crane standing on a tropical beach in the Maldives with a dhoni at sail in background (© Felix Hug/Lonely Planet)
  • Halong Bay: a seascape of some 1,600 steep-sided islets (© Daryl Benson/Getty)
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We had some lively debate over this category, with Bilbao's Guggenheim, the Eden Project and many more buildings in the running. But top of the pile was the eccentric marvel that is the Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona. It is one of the most recognisable places of worship on the planet - and one of the longest running construction projects of modern times, started in 1882 and to be finished in 2026, the 100th anniversary of its creator Gaudi's death.

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