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On March 19, 1882, the Gothic-style Basilica of the Sagrada Familia was begun, which Gaudí modified and improved to propose a new architecture and, due to its originality, makes this temple a piece unique
The Expiatorio Temple of the Sagrada Familia is a five-lane church with a three-lane crossing that forms a Latin cross. At the top end of the cross there is the apse, semicircular, that closes the basilica from behind. In addition, the basilica consists of three monumental facades: each one represents one of the three most important moments of the life of Jesus Christ: his birth (Marina Street), his passion, death and resurrection (calle Sardenya), and his glory, present and future (carrer Mallorca).
The set will be completed with four dome-shaped constructions of about forty meters high, located on the four corners: two sacristies on the north side, and on the south side, the Baptistry chapel and the chapel of Penance and the Blessed Sacrament . The three facades and these four buildings will be joined by a wide covered passage and with a double façade, called by the cloister Gaudí, which will isolate the noise from the street and allow it to move from one construction to another without going through the ships.
The architect proposed a set of eighteen towers, with the twelve lower ones on the facades (the bell towers, which will have a height of about one hundred meters and which represent the apostles) and the six highest ones in the center, in a pyramidal structure that It reflects the hierarchy of its symbolism. Of these, the highest will be that of the cruise, which will represent Jesus Christ and will reach 172.5 meters high. Nearby there will be four towers of strength less diameter and a height of 135 meters, which will represent the four evangelists and the gospels they wrote. Another tower will cover the apse and represent the Virgin Mary.
Gaudí was eager to build a building that marked the urban landscape of the city, but at the same time showed his veneration for the work of God, who in his opinion should never surpass: for this reason, with 172, 5 meters high, the Sagrada Familia is one of the highest religious buildings in the world but it is still a few meters below Montjuïc - the highest hill in the municipality of Barcelona.
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