Wednesday At The Sagreda Familia

Or the Sangria Familia, as we used to call it. We figured we'd do two of the biggies Wednesday, the Temple Gaudi and the St. Pau Hospital. From the Placa Catalanya we unfortunately decided to walk to the Sagreda Familia. By the time we got there, the line stretched from the Nativity to the Passion, which is to say, from one end of the church to the other. It was at this point we decided we would try the online tickets (no line to speak of) another day, take a spin around the church to see what progress has been made since 2010, and then to head on to the St. Pau Hospital.

Early spring in Barcelona; very early spring

Above the Nativity face, the four bell-towers of the
Evangelists and the four construction cranes of the Four
Horseman of Our Lady (Struldreher, Miller, Crowley and
Layden)

The Glory face, which will be completed last; my inner
Medievalist is revolted by all the rebar and poured concrete

Anatomically correct Jesus at the Passion;
we noted later that Gaudi had pictures of the
Ravenna cathedral in his study; was he a
closet Arian?

Likeness of Gaudi on the left, taking notes on the Passion;
by a contemporary sculptor, the guy who did the whole
Passion set of scenes

Looking back down the Avinguda de Gaudi
to the great church