After the towers, we did the school and museum, and, of course, the gift shop...
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| In 1906, with work well underway, Gaudi established a school on the construction site premises, for the children of the workers
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| Helpful model, with undulating Gaudian roof...it would be until the later 20th century that Friedensreich Hundertwasser would add
 an undulating floor to the mix (helpful architectural insight)
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| Classroom; note non-Modernista desks and benches | 
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| Undulating roof | 
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| In the museum now, a helpful chronology of the construction | 
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| OK, so, see, it was the Spiritual Association of the Devotees of St. Joseph...
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| Helpful model #11,377, an early model | 
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| Among Gaudi's earlier sketches... | 
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| Early floor plan | 
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| Proportions...click to enlarge | 
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| Example of tubular bells used in the temple | 
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| Re-creation of Gaudi's office; it was all destroyed, along with many of his papers and designs, in the Civil War (Sherman's March to the
 Sea...wait, no...)
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| Helpful model #11,378, along with self-portrait of the photographer
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| Re-creation of one of Gaudi's design models | 
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| More helpful models | 
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| Workshop where all the helpful models come from | 
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| Photograph of procession for the 2010 consecration of the temple, featuring whomever was the pope then
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| All the chief architects who have worked on Sagrada Familia; so far | 
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| Actually the tienda was pretty good, as well it should be; among the three best, Battlo, MNAC, and Sagrada Familia
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Everything about Sagrada Familia is so interesting.
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