La Sagrada Familia is most definitely Antoni Gaudi's most famous work, and the one he spent the majority of his life working on until his (tragic) death. Besides the Palau de la Musica Catalana, this is my favorite building in Barcelona. It has officially won the record for the longest construction. It has already passed the 100 year mark and is not planned to be finished until 2026. Gaudi had immaculate plans for this church, and with it's immaculate size and not a centimeter went without being thought of in detail, you can just imagine the true genius it took to plan a work of art so original, phenomenal, and symbolic.
Gaudi officially took over the project in 1883 at the young age of 31! I could really go into detail here about the history and all of Gaudi's amazing ideas and inspirations, but I will try and keep it short and to the point. By far my favorite part about Gaudi is that he was sooooooo inspired by nature. There are HUNDREDS of examples of this in his masterpieces, and especially on the Sagrada Familia. Not only does he use animals, plants, trees, and such directly as decoration, but he models his structures, windows, shapes of buildings after examples in nature. The inside of the Sagrada Familia is emant to look like a forest, with the beams as tree trunks, toward the top where they split to make branches. There are windows in the shapes of honeycombs, animals and plants as symbolic icons in his facades, he used crystal structures to plan al kinds of features in his works. Along with all the other incredible architectures and artists in Spain, Gaudi was truly original, and an out-of-this-world genius and I am happy to be able to share a few pictures from my visit to his most famous work, The Sagrada Familia. We did go at high sun so the lighting isn't the best but these give a n idea of the immaculate detail and symbolism that Gaudi put into this church.
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