Barcelona Day 19 (part 1) – Sagrada Familia (outside)

Sagrada Familia was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. What an engineering marvel! I took so many…
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Sagrada Familia was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. What an engineering marvel!

I took so many pictures that I’m going to have to break this into two (or three) posts. The outside of the building, and the inside. I looked at each picture and said “Nope, I’m not deleting that image even though I have 200 other images”. So here’s the result 🙂

K thinks that Gaudi was a closet naturalist. After seeing many of his works I would agree. He blends nature with all of his works in very obvious ways.

The Nativity Entrance

Those flourishes are actually supposed to represent snow as Jesus was of course born in the winter

The Passion Entrance

Can anyone say “Star Wars Storm Troopers”?

The Glory Entrance (Not Finished Yet)

Here’s a model of what the Glory Entrance will look like
The unfinished “Glory” resurrection entrance from inside the church

The Towers Tour

Patterns

Dan B