Architect of the Sagrada Familia talks about the majesty of the basilica 5:40
(CNN Spanish) --
It was like a gigantic explosion with large stone columns that seemed to emerge, straight, firm, from the depths of the earth, from the oldest and most ancestral of our dwelling.
A beautiful explosion to burst into a frozen formation that could reach God himself and that, of course, defied the gravity of men.
The first time I saw it, it seemed unreal, magical, outside the architectural logic to which I was accustomed.
The then 8 towers rose towards a Mediterranean sky contradicting my idea of a church or temple.
A forest of forms had sprouted that played with gravity while showing its roots, its shoots, its trunks that supported that great shelter of faith.
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View of one of the naves of the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain, showing the tree-like columns that support the vault.
Antoni Gaudí, the architect who inspired the final form of this great work, was inspired by nature for his architectural design.
Photography: Miguel Ángel Antoñanzas, 2019
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Spectacular view of the transmute vaults and foundations of the Glory facade completed in 2000. The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, was dedicated to worship, and declared a Catholic basilica by Pope Benedict XVI on November 7, 2010. It financed through donations and tickets from tourists who come to visit it.
Photography: Miguel Ángel Antoñanzas, 2019
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In the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, there are three monumental covers, one of them dedicated to the passion of Christ, and is the work of the sculptor Josep María Subirachs.
This is one of the warriors sculpted by this artist whose style was highly criticized at the time.
Photography: Miguel Ángel Antoñanzas, 2019
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There is a small church below the altar of the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona, Spain.
It can be seen from a glassed-in balcony behind the altar.
Photography: Miguel Ángel Antoñanzas, 2019
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It was a temple, that of the Sagrada Familia, and construction began on March 19, 1882 in the heart of the Eixample, or Ensanche, with the intention of ordering the urbanity of a city that rebels against rigid structures.
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Behind its groundbreaking design, its creation: a Catalan, Antoni Gaudí, who at only 31 years old took the reins of the works giving him his personal imprint, creating something masterful and that, 140 years later, is still under construction...
Because immortal works have their own time.
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