No. 14 — Antoni Gaudí
Nativity Façade of the Sagrada Família
| Artist | Antoni Gaudí, 1852–1926 |
|---|---|
| Date | 1893–1930 |
| Medium | carved stone sculptural architecture with Venetian-glass-mosaic pinnacles |
| City | Barcelona |
| Location | Expiatory Temple of the Sagrada Família, Carrer de Mallorca, Barcelona — the façade and crypt were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2005 |
Gaudí took over the church project in 1883 and chose the eastern Nativity Façade as the first to rise so the public would meet its most joyous face; construction ran until work was interrupted in the mid-1930s.
Three porticos of Faith, Hope and Charity carry densely packed naturalistic sculpture, crowned by four spires dedicated to Saints Matthias, Barnabas, Jude and Simon, finished around 1930.
Some sculptures destroyed in 1936 were later reconstructed by the sculptor Etsuro Sotoo.
A forest of carved stone foliage and animals climbing toward four mosaic-tipped spires above a green cypress Tree of Life.
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