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Placa Sagrada Familia,
Eixample,
Barcelona.
Spain.
General Info:Tel: 34-93-455-0247
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- The monumental church El Temple Expiatori de la
Sagrada Família (Expiatory Temple of the Sacred Family) is Gaudí's most famous
work, the finest example of his visionary genius, and a world-wide symbol of Barcelona.
The architect undertook the task in 1883. Gaudi dedicated his life, in his later
years to the exclusion of all else, to carrying out this ambitious undertaking
which due to his sudden death was left unfinished.
- Gaudí wanted to create a "20th century cathedral",
a synthesis of all his architectural knowledge with a complex system of symbolisms
and a visual explication of the mysteries of faith. There would be facades representing
the birth,death, and resurrection of Christ with eighteen towers symbolizing the
twelve Apostles, the four Evangelists, and the Virgin Mary and Christ. This latter,
the tallest, would stand 170 meters high.
- Works personally undertaken by Gaudí are the neo-Gothic
crypt, the constructed part of the apse, and the magnificent facade of the Nativity
(Eastern side) with a purely naturalistic exuberance in its decoration; figures
are directly molded from nature, animals, plants, clouds, etc. Of the four towers
of this facade, Gaudí only saw that of St. Barnabas completed .........click
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- Today, the constructed part is open to visitors
as well as the small Museu del Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família with maquettes
and drawings showing the construction process. The towers can be climbed as well
offering incredible vistas of the city.
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in the financial district near to Sants & Montjuic Exhibition Centers. You
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for its fish and seafood restaurants near to the Olympic Village, El Born and
the district nearest the beach Poble Nou. Click on the search box below to find
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Barcelona, Spain 