What better than the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Here are some pics from our roaming relative, Tim P, who was visiting there in July.
Originally designed by Francisco de Paula del Villar as a Gothic revival church, construction began in 1882. Catalonian hero architect, Antoni Gaudi, took over the project in 1883 and turned his own funky organic style to it, making radical changes to the design. Del Villar retired from the project ... he must have been a bit miffed at the wild changes made to his design.
It is one of the great unfinished projects. When Gaudi died in 1926 it was only about 25% finished. Pope Benedict consecrated it in November 2010. Work left to do is the main central tower. It is anticipated that it will be complete in time for the centenary of Gaudi's death in 2026.
It's a monumental piece of beautiful, organic, and expressive sculpture and one of several world buildings that should be on everyone's bucket lists... J
(thanks Tim & Aliza for the candid pics)
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| nativity facade |
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| you can make out the Gothic Revival intent .... just |
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| nativity facade in detail |
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| almost like a grotto effect.... |
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| amazing internal "forest" of columns and perforated ceiling |
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Gaudi's surviving upside down model with weights used to determine the structure.
A lot of his workshop and models were destroyed by Catalan anarchists during the Spanish (not so) civil war |
There are some great images on this link http://www.sagradafamilia.cat/
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