Visit of “La Sagrada Familia” in Barcelona, February 2017

Visit of “La Sagrada Familia” in Barcelona, February 2017

Visit to Barcelona. La Sagrada Familia ( Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família) in February 2017.
There is a lot of progress compared to our visit in 1996, and significantly more visitors.
See our movie: “Barcelona “Sagrada Familia” and Parque Güell, 12.January 1996”, https://youtu.be/KtbfoiR9lgQ It is a still unfinished large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, designed by Catalan Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí. The construction of the church started in 1882. The Basilica of the Sagrada Família was the inspiration of a bookseller, Josep Maria Bocabella, founder of Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José (Spiritual Association of Devotees of St. Joseph).[14]
After a visit to the Vatican in 1872, Bocabella returned from Italy with the intention of building a church inspired by that at Loreto.[14] The apse crypt of the church, funded by donations, was begun 19 March 1882, on the festival of St Joseph, to the design of the architect Francisco de Paula del Villar, whose plan was for a Gothic revival church of a standard form. Antoni Gaudí began work on the church in 1883 but was not appointed Architect Director until 1884. Parts of the unfinished basilica and Gaudí’s models and workshop were destroyed during the war by Catalan anarchists. The present design is based on reconstructed versions of the plans that were burned in a fire as well as on modern adaptations. Since 1940 the architects Francesc Quintana, Isidre Puig Boada, Lluís Bonet i Gari and Francesc Cardoner have carried on the work. The illumination was designed by Carles Buigas.Together with six other Gaudí buildings in Barcelona, part of la Sagrada Família is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as testifying “to Gaudí’s exceptional creative contribution to the development of architecture and building technology”, “having represented el Modernisme of Catalonia” and “anticipated and influenced many of the forms and techniques that were relevant to the development of modern construction in the 20th century”. The inscription only includes the Crypt and the Nativity Facade.

Also visit to the Parque Güell. The Park Güell (Catalan: Parc Güell [ˈparɡ ˈɡweʎ]) is a public park system composed of gardens and architectonic elements located on Carmel Hil.
Eusebi Güell assigned the design of the park to Antoni Gaudí, a renowned architect and the face of Catalan modernism. The park was built between 1900 and 1914 and was officially opened as a public park in 1926. In 1984, UNESCO declared the park a World Heritage Site under “Works of Antoni Gaudí”.