Wherever you go to Barcelona you will find a vessel bound Gaudi, but his greatest work is undoubtedly the Sagrada Familia, unfinished. It is the building's most visited and most photographed.
Gaudí began work on this amazing building in 1882, there are over a hundred years. The city tries to complete and completion is planned for 2022.
La Sagrada Familia has become the obsession of Gaudí and from the age of 30 years he devoted most of his life in its design and construction.
The concept of Gaudi was great in all areas, he proposed building a cathedral to the twentieth century. Not only the magnitude and Details of the Sagrada Familia are monumental, but he has carefully added a lot of symbols.
Gaudi designed the building as a series of towers of different sizes representing important elements of Christian faith.
I have eighteen rounds. The largest is 170 meters tall and represents Jesus Christ, while others symbolize the Virgin Mary, the twelve apostles and four evangelists.
Each side of the cathedral is also of importance related to the birth, death and resurrection of Christ.
The project was huge and was Gaudi aware that his work is not completed in his lifetime. His commitment, however, was absolute and he lived and worked in an office on site.
Gaudi died prematurely, and many of its planes were lost during the English Civil War. Nevertheless it is expected that the cathedral will be completed by 2022.
visit to the Sagrada Familia
Visitors to the Sagrada Familia can take an elevator or take the stairs to the top of the towers of the cathedral.
The building has a museum with scale models of the final draft. Many international artists participating in the project by performing some of the sculptures.
Informa tourist destinations
The Sagrada Familia is open to visitors from 9:00 to 21:00 (18:00 in low season) every day.
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