Sagrada Familia In Barcelona
The Sagrada Familia is a Barcelona church created by the famous Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi. He began building it in 1882 and if things go as planned the structure will be entire in 2026. Gaudi was a very religious man.
Building the church was so essential to him, that later into his life he labored on it solely, and even moved onto the building site and lived there. He died into 1926 and is hidden in a tomb in the church. Gaudi’s other amazing architectural projects in Barcelona and hoteles barcelona have become important tourist attractions but the Sagrada Familia is his masterpiece.
During the Spanish Civil War and the following rule of Franco not much work was made on the Sagrada Familia. In fact during that period Gaudi’s workshop was burned. Fortunately many of his blueprints for the cathedral were saved. Although the designs he had constructed of the church were smashed, dedicated friends, pupils and supporters painstainkingly pieced them back together.
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One of the motives it has taken so long to make the church is Gaudi’s insistence that no government money be used to pay for it. The work is being funded solely by donors. These donors include the thousands of tourists from around the world who pay an entry fee to visit the church each year.
When complete the Sagrada Familia will have a chief sanctuary for worship and eighteen huge high towers. Elevators can whisk you to the top of 2 of the towers that are already completed for a breathtaking view of Barcelona.
The front of the church is ornamented with more than a dozen scenes from the tale of the Birth of Jesus created by Gaudi. Each tableau is made up of larger than life sculptures. You can observe a recreation of the Holy Family’s voyage to Egypt, the visit of the Magi, the engagement of Mary and Joseph and a ghastly representation of soldiers murdering all the baby boys in Bethlehem.
The back of the church has a different set of sculptured scenes. These narrate the tale of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Designed by a more modern artist, but remaining true to the plans laid out by Gaudi, these sculptures illustrate Biblical events.
A unique element on this part of the church is a huge engraved grid with sixteen squares. Each square includes a digit. There are 321 ways to add 4 diverse numbers from these squares to make the amount of thirty three, the digit of years Jesus lived.
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Gaudi loved the created earth and used designs from nature into all his buildings and hotel barcelona. Some of the Sagrada Familia’s towers look like honeycombs. The major sanctuary is supported with pillars patterned after the trunks of giant California redwood trees. Its ceiling is sculpted to look like huge leaves. Natural illumination will filter into from above. Gaudi wanted people to feel like they were sitting into the middle of the forest as they worshipped.
