Wednesday, October 2, 2024

La Sagrada Familia

La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is due to finished in 2026, 100 years after the death of its designer Antoni Gaudi. Construction began, would you believe, in 1882. I am a person who thinks public transport is good but sadly Gaudi was killed when he was hit by a tram, at his age of 73. 

The first photo is from the Sagrada foundation and the rest are mine. 


This was the view from the balcony of our apartment in 2017. We wondered what on earth we were looking at when we first entered the apartment.







Of course we wanted to visit and I looked online. We should have booked days ahead. Entrance was booked out, as were all tours. 





I really wonder what Gaudi was thinking. 


41 comments:

  1. WOW!!!
    That is a truly impressive edifice and I am glad that it will finally be completed.

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  2. Stunning architecture - worth waiting for.

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    1. JB, the frippery for the time is quite amazing.

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  3. It is an amazing structure. We didn't get the chance to see it from the inside but walking around the exterior was pretty mind blowing.

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    1. Indeed JayCee, as it should be after about 140 years from design to completion.

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  4. A long time to build one building.

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    1. Bob, if it was my house being built, I'd be rather cross.

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  5. I visited there too. I do wonder what his mind is like by looking at it

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    1. Roentare, in 1880 what was the equivalent of the drug acid?

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  6. That is astonishing! Thank you for sharing.

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  7. Wow! That is some fantastic building.

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  8. Did you know that the most modern architect to try and finish Gaudi's work is Australian?

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    1. I did Hels, but I had forgotten as I wrote this.

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  9. Over the top! Especially considering when it was conceived.

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  10. Looks like something out of Metropolis!

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    1. The 1920s movie, not the Superman comic.

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    2. KIrk, yes, and I've seen Metropolis. I have a vague memory of the Metropolis in Superman.

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  11. His ideas were amazing and very different.
    It certainly looks magic.

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    1. Margaret, the decoration in my second last photo amaze me.

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  12. Gaudi or gaudy? Perhaps Austen Tatious? I imagine when it was first designed it looked wonderful. Completion date has been a long time coming with still two years to go, anything could happen in that time.
    Is it a church?

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    1. Love your work, River.
      Yes, it's a church but I don't know its status.

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  13. I think he was thinking fairy tale with a touch of Gothic.

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    1. Yep Thelma, a touch of Disneyland perhaps.

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  14. We should have booked tickets ahead, when we were there last May tickets were sold out for three days ahead of us.

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  15. I don't care for the basilica, too many hard, sharp edges, reminds me of a nightmare. It is impressive though, especially since it's taken 140 years to build.

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    1. I does have that Pixie and is still impressive.

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  16. Wow it kind of defies description somehow doesn't it? Amazing.
    Alison in Wales x

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    1. Alison, for someone like me who likes symmetry and balance, it is a visual nightmare.

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  17. He was probably thinking, "One day, Australian tourists will come to visit my unique cathedral and I will mystify the **** out of them! Now excuse me as I have to catch a tram home."

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    1. YP, he succeeded with that idea. Clang, clang, clang goes the trolley.

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  18. A shame you couldn't get inside. But this is a confectionery of a place!
    XO
    WWW

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    1. WWW, always leave a bit wanting so you will make a return trip. But then comes other life circumstances.

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  19. What a mind he must have had. How lucky for you to even have seen the outside, Andrew.

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    1. Pat, and it was total coincidence that we stayed next to it.

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  20. Is a building that big really EVER completed? Seems like once they "finish" they'll have to start right away on updates and repairs.

    We were the same when we went to Barcelona -- we only saw it from the outside. The line to get in was gigantic and we hadn't pre-booked. I didn't mind too much, honestly. We saw other Gaudi buildings from the inside.

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    1. Steve, I suppose there has always been maintenance underway as it was being built.

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