Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line of the AVE tunnel near Barcelona, a number of nearby buildings suffered damage from a sinkhole that appeared near a commuter rail station, damaging one of its platforms. The construction committee of Barcelona's famed Sagrada Familia church lobbied for a re-routing of the tunnel - it passes within metres of the massive church's foundations. It also passes equally near the UNESCO-recognized Casa Milà also designed by Antoni Gaudí. Furthermore, until 2005 both Siemens and Talgo/Bombardier train sets failed to meet scheduled speed targets, although in a test run during the homologation tests of the new S102 trains of RENFE, a
Friedrich Wilhelm von Gaudi In 1785, he became Inspector of the Regiments in Westphalia and on 20 May 1787 was made a lieutenant general. In June he became governor of the Wesel citadel. On 13 September 1787 he took command of a unit in Prussia which was sent to the Netherlands, to quell unrest there. Gaudi managed to do so without much bloodshed. Friedrich Wilhelm von Gaudi died on 13 December 1788 as governor of the Wesel citadel. Friedrich Wilhelm von Gaudi Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Freiherr von Gaudi (Gaudy) (23 August 1725 in Spandau, Berlin – 13 December 1788 in Wesel) was a Prussian