Excursion Sagrada Familia

Excursion Sagrada Familia will reveal the main details of the construction of the temple since 1882. You will be told unforgettable details about the great architect Antonio Gaudí, you will hear anecdotes from his daily life, you will understand why this or that sculpture is on the facade of Christmas or Passion.

For Gaudí, the author of such great works of architecture as the Palace of Güell, the Houses of Batlló and Mila, Kripta Güell, the Sagrada Familia became the main creation of life, as “Faust for Goethe”. Antonio Gaudí worked on it forty-three years, until the last day of his life, when he left the construction site, was hit by a tram and died on June 10, 1926. Under the leadership of Gaudí, the temple under construction acquired such scale, splendor and significance that soon it began to be spoken of as a cathedral, almost openly challenging the primacy of the main cathedral of the bishopric of Barcelona, erected in the Gothic quarter since the end of the XIII century on the site of an old building of the II century.

During our tour you will see the Nativity Façade, the Crypt, the Apse, the Towers, the Passion Façade, the Façade of Glory and the School.

Gaudí is said to have gained immense fame, but his offspring, the Sagrada Familia, is the center of heated controversy. He became the subject of constant criticism from various representatives of the intelligentsia of Barcelona. The temple of Sagrada Familia was called “the cathedral of the poor”. Gaudí refused a salary or fee and became one of those who personally collected donations. At the end of his life, Gaudí not only became poor, but also looked like a real poor man.

You want to know what has been the model for my creatures: a tree standing upright, lifting up its branches, with smaller branches on them, on which, in turn, the leaves are located. And each of these elements looks harmonious and majestic. Ever since the creator created them. A. Gaudi.