
Construction
The Nativity facade was built between 1894 and 1930 and was the first façade to be completed. The four towers are each dedicated to a Saint: Matthias the Apostle, Saint Barnabas, Jude the Apostle, and Simon the Zealot.
The Nativity facade was built between 1894 and 1930 and was the first façade to be completed. The four towers are each dedicated to a Saint: Matthias the Apostle, Saint Barnabas, Jude the Apostle, and Simon the Zealot.
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You can see the Star of Bethlehem above them and birds to the sides and below.
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The Nativity Facade had scenes from Jesus' birth. It also had a lot of animals to symbolize life. This scene represents the slaughter of the innocents.
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A lot of Gaudi's work was inspired by nature, the Holy Water was literally held by a huge shell. It was to the left of the "Our Father's" prayer door.
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The Catalan parton saint overlooking the entry doors.
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The blue/green side. We couldn't get to that upper level. They were doing construction.
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The stained glass was just so pretty, we couldn't stop taking pictures.
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The Our Father prayer is written on these doors down the center in Catalan. Covering the entire doors are the words "Our Father" engraved in all different languages.
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Another shot of the ceiling.
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Everywhere you looked there was something to see. There was not one place, anywhere that was boring.
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The light coming in through the red/orange stained glass windows.
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I think these are the doors out to the Crucifixion Facade.
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The red/orange staned glass was on the oppose wall of the blue/green glass. The nets were there because they were doing contruction on the walls above the glass.
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The stained glass was stunning! There was so much of it and even though it was rainy outside there was still light pouring in. It was so pretty! The photos don't do it justice.
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Looking down through an arch in to one of the chapels.
Everything was so beautiful. We took TONS of photos. It was hard to choose which ones to post.
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