Visualisation of the Finished Basilica

GAUDI’S UNFINISHED MASTERPIECE

• World Heritage Site
• Barcelona’s most-visited landmark 4 mill
• Towards 140 years in the making
• Up to 20 years left (by 2030)
• 1882 foundation stone (laid at feast of St Joseph)
• Gaudi 1883 to death in 1926 (20% complete/1 facade)
• 1936 damaged in Spanish Civil War
• 70% done at 112 meters (367 feet)
• 3 facades (faith, hope & charity
• Décor is inspired by nature
• Double aisles
• Ambulatory with a chevet of seven apsidal chapels
• A multitude of towers
• 3 widely different portals
• Covered rectangular passage
  (cloister : through narthex ‘lobby area’ of each portal)
• Numerous chapels and ecclesiastical buildings
• Villar’s crypt
• Complete six central towers
• Central tower & four ‘arms’ Mary & 4 evangelists
  (accessible using a lift & stairs)
• 18 towers once finished
• Highest tower with cross 172.5 meters (566 feet)
• Tallest cathedral in Europe
• Declared a basilica by Pope Benedict XVI
  with King Juan Carlos I & Queen Sofia of Spain
  (6,500 congregation)
• Towers & Structure aimed at 2026
  (100th anniversary of Gaudi’s death)
• Entrance fees 15-20€
  (for 25mill yearly construction budget)

SagradaFamilia.org/en/Tickets/

Basic/Audio Tour/Guided Tour &
Top Views (more costly ticket : 30€)

Free (subject to change): Friends of the Sagrada Familia, children 10 and under, people with accredited disability 65% or higher + 1 companion, the unemployed (Wednesdays from 2:00 pm), ICOM members, Barcelona Press Cardholders. Discounts: students, under 18s, seniors. + info and conditions
The occasional closing of a part of the Sagrada Familia does not entitle a discount or refund of the entrance fee.