There’s a new frontrunner for the largest LEGO sets of all time, as LEGO has just officially introduced and made available for pre-order an absolute superlative with the latest Architecture set in the form of the LEGO Sagrada Família (21065) at LEGO.com, but fans will need to wait a bit longer until release. We have all the information and high-resolution images of the upcoming set with over 12,000 pieces for you.

The LEGO Sagrada Família (21065) is set to be released on November 1, 2026 and will be available at an RRP of $799.99 / £649.99 / €749.99 at LEGO.com as well as Brand Stores. The set is also already available for pre-order starting now. Initially, the impressive set from the LEGO Architecture theme will be exclusively available at LEGO, but according to our information, a release at selected retailers is also planned for 2027.

Contrary to the first rumors, the LEGO Sagrada Família won’t be released in July but has been pushed back to November 2026 – however, the RRP has been significantly increased compared to what was rumored in the grapevine. Despite the delay, LEGO isn’t holding back on today’s official reveal – presumably also to prevent leaks of images that have been completed for longer due to the originally planned earlier release, and also because on June 10 (on the 100th anniversary of architect Antoni Gaudí’s death) the Christ tower of the real Sagrada Família will be officially inaugurated in a ceremony led by Pope Leo XIV in Barcelona – around 144 years after the groundbreaking of the still not quite completed building.

General Info and Images of the Set

Several months ago, we covered the first rumors about the Sagrada Família here on the blog and now the building has been officially announced. The set consists of 12,060 pieces and comes without minifigures, as is fitting for an Architecture set. At an RRP of $799.99 / £649.99 / €749.99, this results in a price per piece of around 6.6 cents (US) per piece. The release is planned (initially exclusively at LEGO) for November 1, 2026, after the set had to be pushed back four months (presumably for production technical reasons). However, the set is already available for pre-order:

The LEGO Sagrada Família shows the church that has been under construction since 1882 in its final state, without the cranes and scaffolding that can still be seen at the construction site. LEGO recreates the monumental church with all 18 towers, of which twelve towers represent the apostles (four each at the Nativity, Passion, and Glory facades), four towers for the evangelists, one tower for the Virgin Mary, and one tower for Jesus Christ himself. With this model, LEGO somewhat anticipates reality, because although the central Christ tower will be inaugurated this year, the decorative work on the facades as well as the entrance stairs are still unfinished and will likely continue until approximately 2033 to 2035.

Unsurprisingly, the Sagrada Família is an 18+ set that specifically targets adult LEGO fans with appropriate budgets and a preference for pure display pieces. The set appears to be completely without stickers based on the images. While most details are solved through building techniques, the set also includes a considerable amount of printed pieces, including at least two different prints on 2×3 Nexo Knight shields on the “outer wall” and printed 2×4 tiles as well as large 16×4 wedges on the towers.

• Set Number: 21065
• Name: Sagrada Família
• Price (RRP): $799.99 / £649.99 / €749.99
• Minifigures: 0
• Pieces: 12,060
• Price/Piece: 6.6 cents (US)
• Model Dimensions (H × W × D): 62 cm × 47 cm × 39 cm (24 × 18.5 × 15 in)
• Scale: approx. 1:280
• Release at LEGO: November 1, 2026
• Age: 18+
• LEGO Designer: ?
• Stickers: No

The box back shows in detail what is somehow self-evident for a LEGO model, but quite fitting given the long construction history of the Sagrada Família: The church can not only be displayed in its finished state, but also in the state from 1882 to 1977 or from 1978 to 2018. This is made possible by the modular construction of the Sagrada Família, which can be assembled from different sections.

The build time for the LEGO Sagrada Família should be somewhat shorter than the construction time of the real house of worship. Depending on experience, you’ll need an estimated 25 to 35 hours of pure build time for the model. 😉

The Largest LEGO Set of All Time

The year 2026 continues to position itself as a year of superlatives. After the massive LEGO Minas Tirith with 8,278 pieces was released just a few days ago, LEGO now announces the Sagrada Família as a new set that contains almost 50% more pieces, placing the third set in the top 10 of the largest LEGO sets of all time for 2026. The Sagrada Família thus replaces the LEGO Art 31203 World Map released in 2021 as the previously largest LEGO set by piece count, but relies on a large quantity of very small pieces due to the highly detailed Architecture style.

The Sagrada Família is 62 cm tall (24 in), 47 cm wide (18.5 in) and about 34 cm deep (15 in) when fully built as a LEGO set. This makes the set impressively large overall, but leaves it behind the just-mentioned Minas Tirith in terms of dimensions and doesn’t even come close to landing on our list of the tallest LEGO sets. The scale of the set works out to about 1:280 measured against the real height of the building (172.5 m at its highest point).

Incidentally, not only does the LEGO set set a size record: the real Sagrada Família is also not the generally tallest building in the world, but replaces Ulm Minster (161.5 m) as the tallest church in the world. Ulm Minster previously held this title for 135 years. That the tower isn’t even taller is, according to anecdotes, due to Gaudí’s “modesty.” He was convinced that his work should not be taller than God’s work, and wanted to keep the tower below the approximately 173-meter-tall hill Montjuïc in Barcelona.

LEGO Sagrada Família vs. Notre-Dame de Paris

For LEGO Architecture fans, the Sagrada Família naturally offers a comparison to the other impressive church: the LEGO 21061 Notre-Dame de Paris released in 2024. We digitally placed the model of the church in Barcelona next to the cathedral in Paris – a comparison that should impressively illustrate the dimensions of the new, largest LEGO set by piece count.

All Official Images

A set like the LEGO Sagrada Família is bursting with details, which is why we’ve embedded the high-resolution images of the set below so you can explore the set in all its details.

Set and Box Images

Lifestyle Images

The lifestyle images of the Sagrada Familia give a good impression of the size of the model, which is why we’re happy to show you the images, on which there are as usual many oddities to discover.

Product Description

Recreate an iconic Spanish landmark with the LEGO® Architecture Sagrada Família (21065) model kit. This 12,060 piece set (the largest LEGO building set to date) is a challenging and rewarding adventure for yourself or any travel lover. The build, inspired by the actual construction, begins with the Apse with Crypt, the Nativity façade – the only part Gaudí completed before his passing – and the Passion façade. It then moves on to the naves and the Western Sacristy. Complete the 6 towers and finish the basilica with the Eastern Sacristy and the Glory façade. Once the last brick is in place, you can display this spectacular piece with an elegant nameplate on the base. As you create, enjoy enhanced building with the LEGO Builder app, zooming and rotating with 3D instructions while saving and tracking progress – all from the app. This premium set makes an inspiring architecture gift for you or anyone who loves travel, Spanish history and architecture. Set contains 12,060 pieces.

• LA SAGRADA FAMÍLIA MODEL KIT – Adults ages 18 and up can share a love of history or travel with a building set that’s a piece of collectible architectural decor to create and display
• DISCOVER AN ICONIC LANDMARK’S DETAILS – This brick-built replica of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família (21065) features a model with a special stained-glass effect on the windows to enhance it
• SPECTACULAR EXHIBIT – Recreate Antoni Gaudí’s soon-to-be completed cathedral in LEGO® bricks, then show it off in a place of honor in your home or office
• A CREATIVE CHALLENGE – Take on the challenge of constructing a highly detailed, structurally advanced LEGO® Architecture set, with over 12,000 pieces that you assemble in a realistic sequence
• ARCHITECTURE GIFT IDEA – This building set for adults makes an inspiring birthday or holiday gift for travel lovers and architecture collectibles fans who love European history
• COLLECT YOUR CREATIONS – With the LEGO® Builder app, you can build your models using 3D instructions, track your progress and save all your sets within the app
• LEGO® ARCHITECTURE KITS – This home decor model is part of a collection of premium-quality sets (all sold separately) for women, men and adults like you who enjoy hands-on creative activities
• DIMENSIONS – With 12,060 pieces, lots of details and special effects, this recreation of La Sagrada Família measures over 24 in. (62 cm) high, 18.5 in. (47 cm) wide and 15 in. (39 cm) deep

A Cross Adorns the Highest Tower

LEGO has rarely incorporated religious symbols in their own sets in the past, which was also possible without compromises when implementing other churches like the LEGO Architecture Notre-Dame de Paris (21061) due to the scale. With the Sagrada Família, this is now different, because here the “Torre de Jesucristo” (Christ tower) was only completed this year and equipped with a huge cross made of stainless steel, ceramic and glass manufactured in Germany (Gundelfingen in Bavaria), which has also been faithfully recreated by LEGO.

For years, the myth has persisted that LEGO itself said they wouldn’t build religious models – but such a statement is not documented. In fact, LEGO only wishes not to display models that deal with war, violence, sexual content and religion at LEGO co-organized fan exhibitions and applies similar rules to LEGO Ideas – rules that cannot be transferred to the official LEGO product range.

Over the years, however, several sets have been released that include (at least originally) religious buildings, including LEGO 21026 Venice, the LEGO 21056 Taj Mahal or also the LEGO 21015 The Leaning Tower of Pisa as well as the already mentioned LEGO 21061 Notre-Dame de Paris.

New Parts in the LEGO Sagrada Família

For the Gaudí architecture, some parts are also used in new colors in the Sagrada, but actually no new elements had to be designed to capture the special construction style.

New in the color Tan are the small flowers (6901) used for the first time for the filigree details, in combination with the 1×2 Plate with Long Stud Holder (4596) that you know from the old Classic Space sets. The Trophy Figures (53017) in Tan are also newly included in the set and the horn (34078) is also new in Tan.

A rarely seen building technique is the 2×2 turntables, whose bottom part is used individually as a decorative element for the windows. The part has never been used without its counterpart recently and the technique is even explicitly forbidden in the BrickLink Designer Program. Similar to the old LEGO 10256 Taj Mahal, an exception was made for the Sagrada Família.

For the winged statues on the tower tops, we also discovered white binoculars (30162). Below them, parts originally introduced as drill heads (28598) in Tan are used at the tips.

Conclusion on the LEGO Sagrada Família

The LEGO Architecture team shows with the Sagrada Família how to create an impressively large model as a pure display piece with over 12,000 pieces at least somewhat to scale, without having to make compromises for compatibility with minifigures (as for example with Minas Tirith). The Spanish church thus replaces the unloved World Map from the top of the largest LEGO sets of all time by piece count and should finally put a set at the top of this list again that offers an interesting building experience – even if you should certainly enjoy building with a large quantity of very small pieces if you’re building the Sagrada Família from Billund.

With its approximately 6.6 cents per piece, the set offers a still reasonable price per piece, if that’s a relevant metric for you. In size comparison to other LEGO models, however, the Sagrada Família must admit defeat to many other models with significantly fewer pieces that are built more “coarsely.” When it comes to pure build time for completion, the church from Barcelona that is still not finished in reality should overshadow every other LEGO set.

How do you like the new, largest LEGO set of all time (…or freely after the Simpsons “the largest LEGO set of all time SO FAR”) in the pictures? Do you think the implementation of the Sagrada Família (21065) with its more than 12,000 pieces is successful, or did you imagine something different for the upcoming Architecture set? Feel free to discuss with us and other readers in the comments.