Barcelona's Antoni Gaudí-designed Sagrada Familia has agreed to pay instalments to the city authorities, after 136 years of construction without a building permit.
Work started on the UNESCO-listed basilica in 1882, but it never received an official permit from the local council.
It has now agreed to pay ?36 million (£31 million) to the city, to pay for the municipal expenses generated by decades of construction work.
Construction on the Sagrada Familia is now in the final stage
Barcelona's mayor Ada Colau tweeted in celebration of the "historic agreement" that took two years of negotiation, along with breakdown of the infrastructure projects the money will be used to fund.
The money will be paid over a period of 10 years, with ?22 million (£19 million) going on the city's public transport network, ?7 million (£6 million) on improving access to the metro system, ?4 million (£3 million) on redeveloping the streets around the Sagrada Familia and ?3 million (£2 million) on street maintenance and security.
Acord històric amb la Sagrada Família dsp d 130 anys sense llicència! Aportaran 36 milions en 10 anys pel veïnat i el barri:

22M en #transportpúblic

7M en accessibilitat a #metroBCN

4M per reurbanització de carrers

3M per manteniment, neteja, seguretat i agents cívics pic.twitter.com/AKXhQVJN0r
? Ada Colau (@AdaColau) October 18, 2018

In return for the money, the authorities will officially regularise the work and the basilica will be able...