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Sagrada Família’s history with the Pope
The most noteworthy visits and contact of the pontiffs to the Sagrada Familia
This is how the cross on the tower of Jesus was built
The Sagrada Família has reached 172.5 metres, the Temple’s highest point, with the installation of the upper arm of the cross on the tower of Jesus Christ, which completed works on the exterior of this tower. This article looks back at the phases of construction of the cross so far.
Mariano Barceló: the history of the baldachin model
Antoni Gaudí made sculptures from real models. One of them was Mariano Barceló, a stonemason at the Sagrada Família who posed for Christ on the crucifix.
What scenes are on the Nativity façade?
Antoni Gaudí wanted the Nativity façade at the Sagrada Família to be a celebration of the joy of life and divine creation. This is why it is full of animals and plants praising the birth of the Messiah and reinforcing the symbolic meaning of the scenes on this façade. We’ll look at them in this post.
What music did Gaudí envision inside the Sagrada Família?
Singing was always a big part of Antoni Gaudí’s project for the Sagrada Família. In this post we will discover how Gaudí imagined the choirs (the spaces for the choirs) and their acoustics, how he wanted the singers placed, his taste in music and his relationship with Lluís Millet and Orfeó Català.
Sagrada Família crane operators: «Seeing the project grow fills us with pride»
At nearly 200 meters above the ground, crane operators play a key role in the Sagrada Família towering up into the Barcelona sky
Armand Puig: “Gaudí was a genius and a saint”
We get to know Antoni Gaudi’s professional and personal sides with Armand Puig
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Discover the current state of the works and upcoming architectural milestones for the Sagrada Família. Now 70% complete, the Basilica is moving into the home straight with construction of the Chapel of the Assumption, the second sacristy, the tower of Jesus Christ, the Glory façade and the adjoining sections of the cloister.
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