Sagranda Família tour(outside)

Krista really wanted to see this church/Cathedral. During this whole trip, I have been in a lot of churches and seen so much storytelling on the inside of churches with the crucifix and the statues and the stained glass and even the marble and such. It’s lovely, but after a while, it all feels exactly the same and somewhere or another.

The tour that we took was strictly the outside of this cathedral. And I didn’t understand why at first until I realized, and then of course the tour guy told us that the stories that the architect wanted to tell we’re all on the outside. There’s the east side, which is the nativity side, meaning the birth of Christ and such. On the west side it’s about death and resurrection. And when you start looking all the statues and carvings and such, you see what they’re talking about.

That way, the grandness of the church and the stories was telling was visible for everybody to see. What a novel idea.

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The Basílica de la Sagrada Família is Antoni Gaudí's renowned, world-record-holding minor basilica in Barcelona, Spain.

History

• Beginnings: Construction began on March 19, 1882, under architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. Antoni Gaudí took over the project in 1883, transforming a conventional Neo-Gothic design into an organic, nature-inspired masterpiece.
• Milestones: Gaudí worked on the church for over 43 years until his death in 1926. Parts of the basilica (the Nativity façade and Crypt) were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005, and Pope Benedict XVI consecrated it as a minor basilica in 2010.
• Height Record: Following the completion and crowning of the central Tower of Jesus Christ, the structure reached a height of 172.5 meters (566 feet), making it the tallest church in the worldLeia mais