Description of Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona. By year 6 students at School El Castellot (La Múnia-Castellví de la Marca) in Catalonia-Spain. E+ project Discovering Europe

1. WQ: The art of building
SAGRADA FAMÍLIA
Barcelona

2. The Sagrada Família

3. IT IS A CHURCH
It’s a Roman Catholic church
It’s not a cathedral, because there
isn’t any bishop.
It was designed by the catalan
arquitect Antoni Gaudí.
Although it’s not finished yet, the church
is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

4. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In 2004 Sagrada família was the most visited
monument in Spain
It’s one of the symbols of Barcelona.

5. 3.260.880 people visited Sagrada Família in
2014

6. ANTONI GAUDÍ
He was the architect
He was born on: 25th June 1852, in Riudoms, a village near Reus
He died on 10th June 1926 in Barcelona
Antoni Gaudí created other works such as Parc Güell,La Pedrera,La casa Batlló or El palau Güell.

7. SAGRADA FAMILIA
• Was designed by
Gaudí.
• It isn’t finished yet.
• Works in progress
• Gaudí was inspired by
nature to build it.

8. AN UNFINISHED
BUILDING
They started building it in 1882
and still is not finished yet.
It is expected to finish the year
2026,100 years after the death of
Gaudí.
Do you want to see what it will
look like when finished?
Watch this amazing video!

9. BUILDING
PLAN
For that reason, he left detailed
plans of the Sagrada Família.
That’s why the works in the
Sagrada Família can still go on,
according to Gaudi’s plan.
Antoni Gaudí was not very young
when he started building Sagrada
Família, and he knew he would
not live enough to see it finished.

10. Where is Sagrada Família?

11. Situation in Barcelona
● Sagrada Família is located on
Mallorca street.
● Sagrada Família is located in the
Eixample district.
● It is between Gaudí's square and
the Sagrada Família square.
IT IS IN THE CENTER OF BARCELONA

12. City Map
● On the next map we can see where
The Sagrada Família is located in the
city of Barcelona
● It is in the city centre.

14. SAGRADA FAMILIA
You can see it from all Barcelona.
The Sagrada Família is located in the center of Barcelona.

15. ARCHITECTURE OF THE
SAGRADA FAMÍLIA
Architecture style: MODERNISME

16. Modernisme
In arquitecture, curve lines and forms
are preferred to stright ones.
Inspired in nature.
At the end of the XIX century, and early XX, there’s a cultural movement in
Catalonia called “Modernisme”, in literature, arts, and of course, arquitecture.
In other places, modernisme has other names: “Art nouveau”, “Modern style”,
“Jujendstil”, “Floreale”, etc.

17. DESIGN
Sagrada Família has got the form of a latin cross

18. ARQUITECTURE
170m
When it’s
finished it will
be 1,70 m. high.
It will be the
highest building
in Barcelona
60m
90m

19. SIZE
Length 90 m (300 ft)
[2]
Width 60 m (200 ft)
[2]
Width
(nave)
45 m (150 ft)
[2]
Spire(s) 18 (8 already built)
Spire
height
170 m (560 ft)
(planned)
When finished, it will be
the highest building in
Barcelona!
170m
60m
45m
There are 7’5m between each
column. You can easily get all
the measurements.
30m
(15+15+15)m
90m

20. How tall are the towers?
Nativity façade Passion façade
The two central
towers are 107
m high.
The two side
towers are
98m high
The two central
towers are 112
m high.
The two side
towers are
107m high

21. There will be three façades:
- Nativity façade
(built during Gaudi’s life)
- Passion façade
(built after Gaudi’s death)
- Glory façade
(Glory façade is not built yet)

22. Nativity façade
- It’s the East façade
- It represents the birth of
Jesus, and everything
there is related with life
- It has rich decorations
- It’s “happy”

23. Nativity façade

24. Passion façade
- It’s the West façade
- It represents Jesus
passion and death
- Everything there is
related with death and
suffering.
- It hasn’t got rich
decorations. It’s austere.
- It’s “scary”

25. Passion façade

26. SHAPE
The central spire of Jesus Christ hasn’t been
built yet. It will be 170m hight, only one
metre less than that of Montjuïc hill in
Barcelona. Gaudí believed that his creation
should not be higher than God's.
When finished, Sagrada Família will be the
tallest church building in the world.

27. detailsofthesagradafamilia

28. magicsquare
Themagicsquareisusedtoknowhowold
Jesuswaswhenhedied.Hewas33yearsold.
Add up the numbers in
the square. Try in all
directions (down,
across, diagonal).
What do you get?

29. magicsquare
OnthePassionFaçade,thereisamagic
Square
Add up the numbers in
the square. Try in all
directions (down,
across, diagonal).
What do you get?
There are a lot of symbols in Sagrada
Família. These are some of them:

30. magicsquare
Themagicsquareisusedtoknowhowold
Jesuswaswhenhedied.
Hewas33yearsold.

31. animals
Thesearetheanimalsthatare
aroundoftheSagradaFamilia
The animals are not for decoration. They
are symbols. The snake is a symbol for
betrayal.

32. animals
Thesearetheanimalsthatare
aroundoftheSagradaFamilia
Snails, horses, lizards, dogs, chicken,
birds, …
the more you look, the more you find.

33. Turtles
Therearetwoturtlesatthebase
ofthedoor-columns inthe
nativityfaçade
Sea turtle, at the sea side Land turtle, at the mountain side

34. Shepherds,sheepand
adog.
nATIVITYFAÇADE

35. GAUDÍHIMSELFIS
ALSOINSAGRADA
FAMÍLIA!

36. LET’SGOINSIDE

37. DOORS
• The first door is door of birth
• The second door is door of crucify

38. INSIDE
Columns look like
trees.
It feels like getting into
a forest.

39. WINDOWS
• Life
(Nativity façade)
• Death
(Passion façade)

41. HIGH CEILINGS, like tree tops

42. STAIRS AND DOORS
The staircases
There are staircases to
climb up the towers
The doors
(Passion and
Nativity)

43. Funding
WHopaysforthe
constructionof
sagradafamilia?

44. ConstructionOFthesagradafamiliaISNOT
SUPPORTEDBYANYGOVERNMENT.
gaudidesignedittobecharityfunded. today
thebuildingispayedforbythevisitors.
everydaythesagradafamiliamakesalotof
moneyfromthevisitorstickets.

46. THE
END