Gaudi (The Alan Parsons Project album) Gaudi (The Alan Parsons Project album) Gaudi is the tenth album by The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1987. "Gaudi" refers to Antoni Gaudí, the Catalan Spanish architect, and the opening track references what is probably his best known building, la "Sagrada Família". "Closer to Heaven" and "Money Talks" were used in an episode of the third season of the TV series "Miami Vice", with "Paseo de Gracia" ("even though in Catalan -and officially- the exact name is Passeig de Gràcia") appearing in an episode in the show's fifth season. A with the same name based on the songs of
Antoni Gaudí and 2005, seven of his works were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Gaudí's Roman Catholic faith intensified during his life and religious images appear in many of his works. This earned him the nickname "God's Architect" and led to calls for his beatification. Antoni Gaudi was born in 1852 in Riudoms or Reus, to the coppersmith Francesc Gaudí i Serra (1813–1906) and Antònia Cornet i Bertran (1819–1876). He was the youngest of five children, of whom three survived to adulthood: Rosa (1844–1879), Francesc (1851–1876) and Antoni. Gaudí's family originated in the Auvergne region in southern France. One of his