Gaudi

Leo at Sagrada Familia Barcelona

Posted by Leo. The Sagrada Familia was designed by Antonio Gaudi. First let me tell you about Gaudi known as a mad man or a genius. Anyone called by those names turns into a legend. Gaudi was inspired by nature and he followed the rules of nature even if it meant recreating his architecture. To this day many of his buildings still stand and our famous.

The Sagrada Familia towers 200 feet above street level and has 18 pillars including one pillar. Each pillar represents a different person. For example, the tallest one in the center represents Jesus Christ and the smaller one behind him (smaller than the others) represents Mary, his mother.

The inside is massive. The pillars instead of being like normal pillars spread out like branches of trees. He got this idea from the Sequoias. I thought the inside was cool and spectacular. With a ceiling towering 200 feet you can see forever. There are also stained glass windows which reflect different light inside. For example, in one part it was half blue and green.

There are some other Gaudi buildings that looked like icicles dripping from a roof. He hated squares and angles. He wanted all organic shapes. On one building, the roof is scaled like dragon scales and the chimney looks like sword stabbing the dragon representing St. George and the Dragon. We saw a lot of St. George on other buildings.