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===Sagrada Família magic square=== [[File:Barcelona Sagrada Familia passion facade magic square.jpg|right|thumb|220px|A magic square on the Sagrada Família church façade]] The Passion façade of the [[Sagrada Família]] church in [[Barcelona]], conceptualized by [[Antoni Gaudí]] and designed by sculptor [[Josep Maria Subirachs|Josep Subirachs]], features a trivial order 4 magic square: The magic constant of the square is 33, the age of [[Jesus]] at the time of the [[Passion (Christianity)|Passion]].<ref>{{cite web| title= The magic square on the Passion façade: keys to understanding it | date = 7 February 2018| url=https://blog.sagradafamilia.org/en/divulgation/the-magic-square-the-passion-facade-keys-to-understanding-it/}}</ref> Structurally, it is very similar to the [[Melencolia I|Melancholia magic square]], but it has had the numbers in four of the cells reduced by 1. {| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;width:8em;height:8em;table-layout:fixed;" |- | 1 || 14 || 14 || 4 |- | 11 || 7 || 6 || 9 |- | 8 || 10 || 10 || 5 |- | 13 || 2 || 3 || 15 |} Trivial squares such as this one are not generally mathematically interesting and only have historical significance. Lee Sallows has pointed out that, due to Subirachs's ignorance of magic square theory, the renowned sculptor made a needless blunder, and supports this assertion by giving several examples of non-trivial 4{{resx}}4 magic squares showing the desired magic constant of 33.<ref>Letters: The Mathematical Intelligencer; 2003; 25; 4: pp. 6–7.</ref> Similarly to Dürer's magic square, the Sagrada Familia's magic square can also be extended to a magic cube.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skalli |first=Ali |date=14 October 2009 |title=Magic cube with Gaudi's square |url=https://sites.google.com/site/aliskalligvaen/home-page/-magic-cube-with-gaudi-s-square |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215212634/https://sites.google.com/site/aliskalligvaen/home-page/-magic-cube-with-gaudi-s-square |archive-date=15 December 2021}}</ref>
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