Incredibly Ornate Nativity Facade of the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona
Antoni Gaudí was a deeply religious man, this was especially apparent in this latter years when we was in charge of the construction of the Sagrada Familia Basilica. He basically set out with the mindset that he would be creating the most beautiful church anyone would come up with. With a seemingly unending supply of money, he did go off and start a multi century construction project and funded by donations. It is incredible that the constructions has continued that long. It is probably the deeply religious fervor of the people visiting the place as well. The Sagrada Familia Basilica is probably one of the most ambitious churches that was ever planned. It is only now that the magic of modern technology that construction has been speeded up a bit. Such that it is already way past the half stage. Not bad considering that it was originally planned to take several centuries to complete. It looks like it is still on course for a one and a half century timeline. Incidentally, that time is coming up in the next decade!
Close Up of the Detail at the Nativity Facade of the Sagrada Familia Basilica of Barcelona
Remember that there was a Passion Facade of the Sagrada Familia Basilica? There is a counterpart facade on the opposite side. This one is the Nativity Facade, as you might expect, this facade celebrates that birth of Jesus Christ, arguably one of the most celebrated stories of the Holy Bible. This isn’t lost to Gaudí, the Passion Facade was stark and very edgy, while in contrast the Nativity Facade was incredibly ornate, as it is decorated with innumerable images from the Bible. So many are they that from afar, it looks like a mess. You need to come closer to see the individual figures. It is really an amazing piece. This part seemed to have been intentionally made to contrast with the Passion Facade, as the Passion facade was supposed to evoke fear and sadness to the viewer. This explains the rather bare design of the Passion Facade.
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