Symbology

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.

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.

Gaudí said, “Sunshine is the best painter.” And the experience inside the Basilica truly shows he was right. Depending on the time of year, hour of the day and, even, the weather, the feeling inside changes due to the sunlight...

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The monogram with the initials of Jesus, Mary and Joseph has become a symbol of the Sagrada Família

Did you know that fruits such as cherries, peaches, and oranges are present at the Sagrada Familia?

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While admiring the Passion façade and all ofSubirachs’ sculptural work, more than once...