Sagrada Família Completed Video
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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.
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