Sagrada Família (Barcelona)

...El Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Expiatory Temple of the Sacred Family). The construction of the giant cathedral is quite possibly one of the longest running construction projects still being undertaken. Work began on the site back in 1883 when Gaudi dedicated his life to seeing his vision take shape. The project, still running with the main body of the cathedral yet to be finished still has an estimated 40 odd years to go. However unlike ...
...public taxation. I'm sure you all remember that Millennium Dome thingy that a hell of a lot of money was wasted on. Instead, the building site has been transformed into a tourist attraction and as such serves as a means of funding for the remainder of the project. The main problem is that when work first started Guadi used his instinct rather than structuring a proper plan. He never really drew all his ideas for the cathedral onto one drawing and ...

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...El Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia. Whilst much of Barcelona’s architecture is beautiful and full of character, it largely fades into nothingness when compared to the complexity and sheer scale of La Sagrada Familia. The eight towers of this church can be seen soaring over the surrounding structures from almost any reasonably high vantage point around the city and the Temple occupies an entire block between C/Provenca and C/Mallorca ...
...on the history of La Sagrada Familia to be found at www.sagradafamilia.org along with an excellent virtual tour of the Temple and several pictures. Our first view of La Sagrada Familia was from the upper deck of an orange Barcelona Tours open topped bus, classy! With lots of twisting of necks as the bus turned the corner we just stared at it for as long as our creaky joints would allow, completely taken aback by just how impressive it looks. I cannot ...

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...architect to work on the Sagrada Família, but his name will forever be associated with the gargantuan project. In 1926, during the construction of the gigantic church, Gaudí was run over and killed by a number 30 tram. When the ambulance arrived, no one knew who he was. An immensely sad story to kick off this opinion, but the tale of the "Church of the Holy Family" begins when Gaudí was still in his teens. In 1869, a devout Catholic bookseller decided ...
...in place. The Sagrada Família has its very own Metro station. It's open to visitors year round, from 9 AM to early evening, except on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Admission costs around 500ptas (~£2.00) and is reduced significantly for groups. From afar, it could be mistaken for a construction site, with massive cranes poking out behind the 4 tallest completed bell towers. The central tower, dedicated to Christ, is yet to be built, but will ...

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...powerful awe of this historic land mark. It is in the Provenca Mallorca part of Barcelona near the Avinguda Diagnal. It is easily accessible by car, coach or bus. I thoroughly enjoyed this visit, I can not get over how fairy tale like the Temple do la Sagrada Familia was. ...

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...probably most famously at the Sagrada Familia. There are several elements that Gaudi used in creating his..... I don't know quite what to call them....lets say architectural designs, these were: light and colour, style and technique and structure and form. Although the structure and form are obviously vital in a peice of architecture, however, the most important features in Gaudi's desgins were the use of light and colour, more importantly light. ...
...The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia or the Sagrada Familia is one of Europe's most unconventional churches and is often seen as an emblem of Barcelona. Designed by Gaudi and work officially started on it's construction in 1882 (by Francisco de Paula del Vilar) . Gaudi took over, it's construction after 1914 and he became dedicated to it. Unfortuanely Gaudi died before it could be completed, in fact it is stilla work in progress, and although ...

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...we decided to visit the Sagrada Familia. The Sagrada Familia is a Roman Catholic temple dedicated to the holy family, not a cathedral but it is very cathedral like. The Associació Espiritual de Devots de Sant Josep promoted the building of this temple followers bought a large piece of land and on St Joseph's day in 1882 the first stone was laid. There were disagreements with the first architect who then gave his notice and Gaudi his assistant became ...
...Originally the site for the sagrada familia was in a field a mile or two from the centre of Barcelona now it is very central as Barcelona has grown. We walked a long way to the Sagrada familia from the train station it was hot. If you are going there is a bus route that goes to the temple, but we decided to walk as that way we would get a better feel of Barcelona, mmm, wish I had caught the bus. I felt the pavements and my sore feet. Reaching the ...

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This is one of Barcelona's major landmarks - which is top of the list of sights to see. Whether you're a fan of the Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudi or not, it's well worth a visit. As Gaudi was deeply religious, he believed that this temple/cathedral would redeem the sins of Barcelona, hence it's immensely intricate details. This was to be Gaudi's last building, which he began to design in 1883, but began to solely work on from 1908. It's easy to ...
...out into the daylight - you cannot help but be drawn towards the towering columns of the temple, which dominate the skyline. I don't want to spoil it for you, so will be brief, the front facade features an intricate Nativity scene, but the biggest surpise is a green stone Christmas tree! The detailed front facade features several different species of plant and if you are a botanist it would be fun to identify them all! At the rear of the building ...

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