Antoni Gaudi received his education at the Barcelona School of Architecture in 1878. He studied in great detail neo-Gothic ornamentation. Gaudi distinguished himself in the field with his creative architectural ural style.
SAGRADA FAMILIA AND ITS INTERIOR
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Antoni Gaudi was commissioned to continue working on the Church of Sagrada Familia, which was first began by Villar. Gaudi devoted 40 years of his life to the unfinished architectural masterpiece in the city of Barcelona.
I was amazed by the creative and lifelike trees, fruit, shells, and ani
mal carvings. There were also birds, snakes, snails, sea-snails, lizards, salamanders, frogs and tadpoles.
mal carvings. There were also birds, snakes, snails, sea-snails, lizards, salamanders, frogs and tadpoles.Gaudi spent nine years in the construction of the Nativity facade, the "imbedding statires, sculpted stone, and leering gargoyles into the fluffy surface," the guide book Temple Sagrada Familia.
The interior of the church is 90 meters in length and 60 meters wide. On the east side you can see the Nativity. On the west side you can view the Passion. On the south side is the Glory. This wonderful church is designed to accommodate a choir of 1,500 singers the total capacity to 10,000 people.
This monumental church is to Spain "[as] the Eiffel Tower is to Paris" as stated in The Story of Spain, chapter 9, pg 208.
This monumental church is to Spain "[as] the Eiffel Tower is to Paris" as stated in The Story of Spain, chapter 9, pg 208.
