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The Interior
Inside, the roof is held up by a forest of extraordinary angled pillars. As the pillars soar
towards the ceiling, they sprout a web of supporting branches, creating the effect of a
forest canopy. The tree image is in no way accidental - Gaudí envisaged such an effect.
Everything was thought through, including the shape and placement of windows to cre-
ate the mottled effect of sunlight pouring through the branches of a thick forest.
Visiting La Sagrada Família
Although essentially a building site, the completed sections and the museum may be ex-
plored at leisure. Fifty-minute guided tours (€4) are offered. Alternatively, pick up an
audio tour (€4). Enter from Carrer de Sardenya and Carrer de la Marina. Once inside,
€2.50 will get you into lifts that rise up the towers of the Nativity and Passion facades.
These two facades, each with four sky-scraping towers, are the sides of the church. The
main Glory Facade, on which work is underway, closes off the southeast end on Carrer
de Mallorca.
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