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For €2 you can go up into the towers yourself.
A small lift inside the cathedral takes you up to 65 meters, from there you can walk up to 75, then back down to groundfloor (426 steps!).
Great views and good photo opportunities!
Unless you're claustrophobic or suffer from nausea or fear of heights, I recommend this to everyone!
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The interior is still under construction. It is impressive when you have a good look though. There is an overview of types of stone used for the pillars, which made me appreciate the structure even more. Also an exhibition of some stunning pictures taken by daily crew from all departments. Breathtaking! Then again: they dó have the best views of course!
Opening times:
Oct-March 9.00-18.00
April-Sep 9.00-20.00
Entrance fee: €8 (incl. Museum)
Combi-ticket Sagrada Familia + Gaudi House Museum Park Guell €9
(valid for 1 month)
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Sagrada de Familia is the wildest looking church you ever saw, designed by Gaudi, Barcelona's famous architect. In another country, they probably would have sent him to the funny farm... This is the spiral staircase inside that takes you up to the tower. But remember, the real attraction is the outside (the inside is full of scaffolding). Go at night when it's lit up - and there are no crowds. Spend time walking around the block so you see it from all sides. It's different from every angle. A truly amazing building. I bet Michael Jackson would love to have it in his backyard. Leave a Comment
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The main thing to do is to admire this building from outside. Nothing to see inside as it's still under construction. The main attraction being to climb up to the top of the building with nice views of Barcelona and to get a closer look to the amazing architecture of the towers. Once inside the site (9 euros) you can either walk the steps for free or take a lift for 2 euros and a big queue. Leave a Comment
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The name means Temple of the Sacred Family, and was (of course) built by Gaudí. The man who put his magnificent fingerprints all over the city.
The church is a world-wide symbol of Barcelona, and was started in 1883. Gaudí dedicated the last years of his life to this building, but because of his sudden death it was left unfinished.
During the Civil War all of his papers and drawings were burned in 1936, and it put a stop to the work on finishing the church. In 1952 they started working on it again and work is still beeing carried out there today, but some say this project will never be finished. Leave a Comment
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Antonio Gaudi is without doubt the world's greatest surreal architect. Before he began construction on the Sagrada Familia in 1882, Gaudi had already completed many other works, but it's also true that he spend some 40 years constructing this cathedral, and the last 15 years were devotedly solely to it. Yet, Sagrada Familia, formally known as Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, was always his passion and the birth of surrealism in architectural form. He modified his designs many times, but most of them are available for visitors in the museum below the Passion side of the structure. To visualize structural symmetry as well as integrity, Gaudi hung fabric with weights in ways that resembled the spires upside down. Thus, he was able to find both beauty and strength of construction that would last a very long time. In these images, note the slender height of the towers, which deceive the eye by appearing very airy and without the massiveness so often found Gothic style churches of the time. In this respect, the newer towers built after his untimely death try to replicate this with a honeycomb look. Gaudi's early style appears to me a blend of Gothic and Modern, particularly in the Apse, the first section constructed. Born in that that architectural epoch, as seen in the introductory foundation entrance post of 1882, Gaudi later a clearly evolved beyond the static Gothic that had ruled European church building for nearly a thousand years. As Gaudi increasingly wanted delicate spires that appeared not massive and imposing but reaching skyward without the terrestrial bound bound nature of stone built Gothic style. He envisioned towers that reached toward the heavens with liberty, rising toward an unearthly realm. To do this, Gaudi also clearly employed steel and portland cement, a relatively new building innovation at the time. His plans call for a total of 18 spires, one representing each, in ascending order of height, the 12 Apostles, the 4 Evangelists, the Virgin Mary, and highest of all, Jesus Christ. Leave a Comment
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This Gaudi masterpiece is overwelming! Mostly on the outside, since the interior is still mainly a building site.
The exterior consists of different areas: the Nativity facade, the Passion facade, the bronze doors, the Cloister. All very rich in detail.
I sat down and looked up for a long time, taking it all in. In awe! Also thinking of the men and woman working here: being on scaffolding 75 meters high ain't for the faint-hearted!
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The Sagrada Familia is one of Antoni Gaudis masterpieces (of which there are many in Barcelona!). This 'church' is thought by many to be a fully functioning church. This is far from the truth. Although building work (which has restarted after many many years of nothing happening) is progressing quickly, there are still only just walls to the building. If you visit, you will find the inside is a building site. How they will finish it has been a matter of some contention, because Antoni Gaudi died many years ago (he was run over by a tram), and when he died, the plans (which were in his head, went with him). Leave a Comment
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The Templo de la Sagrada Familia is Antoni Gaudís masterpiece. Building this neo-gothic cathedral (not to be mixed up with the gothic cathedral in the Barri Gòtic) was started in 1883 but the work still isn't finished. People aim to have the work completed in 2026, 100 years after Gaudí died. The building activities are mostly financed by the income from ticket sales to visitors.
Even though the Sagrada Familia is a beautiful building already, work is not even close to being finished. The two façades with each 4 towers still only represent the side-entrances. The front as well as the highest towers and dome are still to be constructed. Check the picture at my travelogue for a virtual representation of how the Sagrada Familia might look when finished. Leave a Comment
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As described in Part I, Gaudi's plans call for 18 spires--one for each of 12 apostles, 4 evangelists, the Virgin Mary, and Jesus Christ. Each spire has atop the symbol of the Christian person for whom it is dedicated. The official website describes the 12 bell towers as between "90 m and 112 m high representing the apostles. At a certain height their rhomboidal shape becomes elliptic. The outline of their upper part evocates the crosier of the bishops, their knot symbolizes the ring, and the end of the bell-tower is a double shield similar to metre, containing a golden cross with the initials of the apostle to whom is dedicated each tower." Between some newer towers are steel bridges. Leave a Comment
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