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La Sagrada
Familia, La Rambla, The
Placa d'Espanya, The
Placa de Catalunya, The
Placa Reial, La
Casa Mila, Cathedral
of Barcelona,
Picasso
Museum, The
Parc de la Ciutadella, Casa
Batillo, National
Palace, The
World Trade Center, The
Gran Casino, Spanish
Village,
The Parc
Guell, Tibidabo, Montjuic
Park, The
Olympic Stadium, Camp
Nou, Maremagnum, Fira
De Barcelona, Barcelona
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 Situated to one side of the Placa de la Sagrada Familia, between the streets Marina, Provenca, Sardenya and Mallorca, stands the Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia, which was initially a neo-Gothic project designed by the architect Francesc de Paula del Villar. Gaudi was commissioned to continue the work in 1891, and replaced the existing project with a much more ambitious one which resulted in the enormous present-day structure.
Sagrada Familia aspires to be a symbolic construction.
It has three monumental facades: the east front, dedicated to the Birth
of Christ; the west front, dedicated to the Passion and Death; and the
south front, the facade of the Glorification, the largest of all. The
four towers of each of the three facades jointly symbolise the twelve
apostles.
A dome-shaped tower which crowns the apse is the symbol of the
Mother of God, and the four large towers dedicated to the evangelists
encircle the central spire, which symbolises the Saviour.
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Barcelona
hotels near La Sagrada Familia |
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NH PODIUM, more info >>
Rates from: 100 EUR in 1.2 km to the
south
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SANT PAU, more info >>
Rates from: 56 EUR in 1.3 km to the
north
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