Sagrada Familia is maybe the main symbol of Barcelona.The foundation stone of La Sagrada Família was laid on 19 March 1882, at a solemn event presided by the bishop of Barcelona, Josep Urquinaona. The Building then began with the crypt beneath the apse after a neo-Gothic design by the architect Francisco de Paula del Villar y Lozano. A short time later, owing to disagreements with the promoters, he resigned and the commission was handed over to Antoni Gaudí, who after 1914 devoted himself exclusively to building La Sagrada Família, which is why there are no other major works from the last years of his life. After undertaking the project in 1883, Gaudí built the crypt, which was finished in 1889. As he started work on the apse (and the cloister), everything went at a good pace thanks to the donations. When he received a large anonymous one, he thought of doing a new, bigger work: he discarded the old neo-Gothic project and proposed a more monumental and innovatory one in terms of both forms and structures and the construction.
Opening time: Open daily. From October to March: 9 am to 6 pm / From April to September: 9 am to 8 am Price: 13€
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OUR TIP: We recommend you to take your tickets in advanced at www.sagradafamilia.orgYou will avoid long queues! "La Caixa" Bank has machines where you can buy the tickets by credit card.
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