Sagrada Família

Gaudí, a man of mystical leaning and spiritual convictions, worked on the Sagrada Família - where work continues today amid religious fervour and the protests of architects - with greater determination and no less freedom than he had shown in his other undertakings. In fact, he spent the last years of his life close to the temple where one of the outbuildings was converted for use as his living quarters. The Sagrada Família - as Barcelona's second cathedral - is a structure of uncommon dimensions. Conceived in the form of a Latin cross with five naves, three façades, an apse and a transept, the temple is famous for its slender towers, which soar nearly one hundred metres over the building and are crowned by ceramic pinnacles. These spires combine both modern, almost aeronautical, lines and overelaborate ornamentation to produce a highly spectacular result which, curiously, is not the most exaggerated of Gaudí's intentions for this work.

Passion Facade	Subirachs sculptures
	interior wall
Norman, enjoying a view from above	Shelly, looking forward to being back on the ground
bell tower
Birth Facade