BARCELONA: INSIDE THE SAGRADA FAMILIA

In the end I have paid a visit to the most impressive modernist building in  Barcelona: I have entered The Sagrada Familia, the Antoni Gaudí's masterpiece.

This basilica is really beautiful and relaxing because you feel that nature is everywhere inside this building. Inside its main nave I felt as If I were in a forest surrounded by high trees with their branches pointing to the sky. I have never felt this way inside a religious building.

Transept of Sagrada Familia Basilica

And now, more pictures of La Sagrada Familia:

Main Nave of La Sagrada Familia

Main nave and apse of Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona

Overview of the main nave of Sagrada Familia

There is always a lot of people visiting Sagrada Familia Basilica


The baldaquin of La Sagrada Familia appears in the background

Curved Line in the Main Nave of La Sagrada Familia

Typical modernist curved handrail inside La Sagrada Familia



Typical modernist curved staircase inside La Sagrada Familia

Right Aisle of La Sagrada Familia

Right aisle of Sagrada Familia Basilica

As it can be seen, La Sagrada Familia is higher than most of churches all over the world

Detail of the stained glass window in the right aisle of La Sagrada Familia

Thanks to these stained glass windows La Sagrada Familia is a light building

Left Aisle of La Sagrada Familia

Left aisle of Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona

Detail of the stained glass window in the left aisle of La Sagrada Familia

Ceiling of La Sagrada Familia

Ceiling of the main nave of La Sagrada Familia, one of the most beautiful elements of this basilica

These columns inside Sagrada Familia Basilica look like branches

Apse, Altar and Baldaquin of La Sagrada Familia

Apse of Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona

Detail of the Baldaquin of Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona

Stained glass window in the apse of La Sagrada Familia

Crypy of Sagrada Familia Basilica

Tomb of Antoni Gaudí in the crypy of Sagrada Familia Basilica



Sagrada Familia in Barcelona lit at night

Clicking on the next link you will find more pictures of La Sagrada Familia. Besides, I would like to give you some useful informatión in case you want to visit this impressive building designed by Gaudí:

- Address: C/ Mallorca, 401 (08013 Barcelona)
- Phone: +34 932 073 031
- How to get there:

• Metro L2 and L5, stop Sagrada Família.
• Bus 19, 33, 34, 43, 44, 50 and 51.
• Barcelona Bus Turístic, stop Sagrada Família

- Web site: www.sagradafamilia.org

- Opening Time:

• From October to March, daily from 9am to 6pm.
• From April to September, daily from 9am to 8pm.
• January 1st and 6th, December 25th and 26th, from 9am to 2pm.

Antoni Gaudí also designed other impressive modernist buildings like:

• Sagrada Familia
• Park Güell
• Casa Vicens
• Casa Milà (also known as La Pedrera)
• Casa Batlló
• Palau Güell
• Col·legi de les Teresianes
• Casa Calvet
• Torre Bellesguard and Viaduct
• Pabellons Güell
• Cripta de la Colonia Güell

Other modernist buildings you can visit in Barcelona are:

• Hospital de Sant Pau
• Palau de la Música Catalana
• La Boqueria
• Casa Fuster
• Casa Terrades or "Casa de les Punxes"
• Casa Thomas
• Casa Amatller
• Casa Lleó i Morera
• Casa Martí (Restaurant els Quatre Gats)

Besides you can visit other beautiful religious buildings in Barcelona:

• Cathedral of Barcelona
• Santa Maria del Mar church
• Santa Maria del Pi church
• Santa Agata chapel in Plaça del Rei
• Santa Anna church
• Sant Just i Pastor church
• Sant Pere de les Puelles church

Finally, clicking on the next link you will find links to more beautiful places of Barcelona.