Gaudi's Garden has a town "square" that is surrounded by a bench decorated in sections with broken tiles from other projects.
The "square" is raised off of the ground. Below is the other side of the benches.
Below the "square" are the columns that are holding it up. Each column drains rain water from the square and into a cistern.
Part of the decoration down the stairs from the "square" above.
The Sagrada Familia Church was designed by Gaudi. This facade of the church (the Nativity) was mostly completed in his lifetime.
The decorations at the top of the spires are fruits that can be harvested in the area.
The main entrance is not completed. The iron rods from the incomplete columns can be seen in the image below.
Construction crains came are working to complete the church within the next ten years.
The facade on the opposite side of the Nativity is called the Passion and it was completed recently. While the architects followed Gaudi's ideas, they did make changes that demonstrate more modern art elements than viewed in the Nativity facade.
The facade illustrates the final days of Jesus as told in the Bible.
The interior of the church is opposite from the exterior. While the exterior is covered with images of people and things in great detail, the interior is left purposely simple. The columns are designed to look like palm trees and the ceiling to look like the stars.
The stained glass windows are simple geometric shapes and colors that illustrate the seasons of the year.
The light filtering through the windows project colors throughout the interior of the church.
A modern spiral staircase that leads to one of the towers.
The Nativity facade of the exterior include the story of the journey of Mary and Joseph on the way to Bethlehem.
The church is not complete. The tallest portions of the plan have not been built yet. The goal is to complete the church by 2026 for the 100th anniversary of the death of Gaudi. Below, the gray portions are completed and the gold portions are planned for future construction.
Gaudi's spiral staircase.
The school that Gaudi had built for the children of the laborers building the church. Meant to be temporary, it was preserved as an example of Gaudi's designs.
Inside the classroom
Materials, including the desk that Gaudi used while living and working in the church.
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