As you may have read earlier in @flamingirl latest post, as well as in my own post for @juliank's photography contest, I spent last weekend in Barcelona. I had hoped to escape for a while from the rain which is pounding mercilessly Andalusia for the past few weeks, and I was not disappointed: it was quite warm and sunny up there! It smelled like spring!

And apart from the meeting with @flamingirl, my second best moment in Barcelona was without doubt my visit to the Sagrada Familia. After 5 times in the Catalan capital, I eventually found the time and the will to visit that incredible place, and here are some photos for you.

The entrance to the monument is through the monumentally scary facade of the Nativity:

Passed that point, if you look back, you will see none other than God the Father looking down to you:

Then, you will get astonished by the play of lights from the glassworks which pepper the flanks of the building:

There is also a quite scary shadow on the inside of the facade of the : DEATH itself. No need to have a closer picture, it's dark side is explaining it all enough.

From there, you have without doubt the best vantage point to admire the ceiling of the building, that intricate maze of light and stone, supported by all those pilars which seem to reach the sky...

To be honest, you may be forgiven at times to think that you are inside a huge space ship rather than a cathedral! There are a thousand of little details to catch all around, like those symbols of the evangelists or of the main towns of Catalonia, adorning the pillars:

And then, you make your exit through the other facade of the Passion (no less monumental than the third):

With its amazing sculptures, inimitable, and so moving at the same time:

And all of this is the brainchild of this man: Antoni Gaudi (bust below). He died in 1926 and since then his child has grown bigger and bigger every year and is almost finished!

But they are still hard at work at it as you can see inside (in the workshop where the design work keeps going) and outside (where the cranes are towering over the crowds):

They say that the final tower should be erected in 2026! You can already book your ticket! Even if I really recommend to see the cathedral before, and several times, it's really like a living organism, which is, slowly, but surely, evolving...

Thanks for watching! :) Have you ever visited the Sagrada Familia?