The Sagrada Família has become the tallest church in the world, after workers placed the first part of a cross at the top of its central tower. The Barcelona church will top 564 feet when the rest of the cross is placed in the next few months.
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Just got home yesterday from seeing this. It is just so different, the use of light must be seen to believe. If you have the means - go, get a guide and go.
I was going to come here with the same recommendation, that building come from another world.
I lived there in the last century, when it was just the eight spires for the longest time. It's been astonishing to see the speed of its completion these past 25 years.
I visited in 1997, as a 12 year old, and it seemed massive even then. I have such vivid memories of running up and down the twisting staircases, doing my absolute best to get lost. A true delight.
We visited Sagrada Familia in 2023.
I made three posts about it, and still couldn’t do it justice. (Inside it is one of the most captivating man-made places I think I’ve ever been.)
http://www.kennysmith.org/wordpress/blog/2023/03/12/iacs-day-two-or-the-rare-weekend-post-part-one/
http://www.kennysmith.org/wordpress/blog/2023/03/12/inside-sagrada-familia/
http://www.kennysmith.org/wordpress/blog/2023/03/12/sagrada-familias-passion-towers/
I have a love/hate relationship with Sagrada Familia. I adore the work that Gaudi did and feel that the interior is one of the most fascinating buildings I've ever been in. But I really have a hard time with the modernistic, concrete approach they have taken to the outside to try to complete it. It just doesn't have the same sensitivity that I think Gaudi was trying to create. I realize that concrete was probably the only way to finish the cathedral, but I still am not a big fan of the look.
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