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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
Angelina Torres: «They told me they were going to build a church that would be the pride of Catalonia»
She was 112 years and almost 8 months old. Angelina Torres Vallbona was the oldest person in Spain. The fifth of seven siblings, Torres was born in 1913 (one year before World War I) in Bellvís...
What does the Cross for the tower of Jesus look like and how is construction progressing?
The completion of the tower of Jesus Christ is expected for the end of this year. But what is this structure like and how much of it has been built?
Use of reinforced concrete at the Temple of the Sagrada Família
Why did Gaudí decide to use reinforced concrete to make the interior structure of the Sagrada Família?
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What scenes are on the Nativity façade?
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What does the Cross for the tower of Jesus look like and how is construction progressing?
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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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