Casa Batllo - GAUDI - Barcelona, Spain

Another Gaudi piece nearby is the Casa Batllo. I love this house! The roof is multi-colored scales. The front of the house is decorated too... pieces of mosaic tiles create a beautiful design. Read more about this structure on the Casa Batllo Wikipedia article...

GAUDI - Barcelona, Spain

Casa Mila (also known as La Padrera) is a Gaudi design, built in the early 1900's. Like La Sagrada Familia, this building was declared an UNESCO World Heritage site.

inside La Sagrada Familia - Barcelona

The inside of Sagrada Familia is amazingly beautiful. ...and huge!

Carvings on the main doors:

Passion Facade, Sagrada Familia - Barcelona

There will be 3 main facades to the cathedral, La Sagrada Familia. The side directly opposite the Nativity facade is the Passion facade. This side is much more dramatic and sad as compared to the Nativity facade, which is much happier and more positive.

The entrance to go inside the cathedral is on the Passion facade side.

There are cranes and scaffolding all around the cathedral as construction continues... amazing to have a community project like that, where the builders will put life work into this amazing structure and know that they might never live to see its completion.

Passion facade:

A draft replica of what the completed cathedral will look like (hopefully by the year 2026):

More of the Passion facade:

Sagrada Familia - Barcelona, Spain

La Sagrada Familia is a large Roman Catholic cathedral in Barcelona, Spain. The construction of the cathedral began in 1882 but is not projected to be completed until the year 2026. Gaudi is the main architect and designer behind this massive beaut. Gaudi has many buildings of his design throughout Barcelona... homes, museums, and even a park.

More can be read about La Sagrada Familia on its Wikipedia page by clicking here.

Carrie and I went to visit La Sagrada Familia one morning and she purchased tickets for us online ahead of time to go up to the top of one side... we went up the top of the Nativity facade. It was well worth the elevator ride up top and the narrowly winding staircase down... the views were phenomenal and so is this structure.

Our first view of Sagrada Familia walking up the street:

The Nativity facade: