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4. SPIRES
For a close-up look at the gargoyles and mosaic tiling on the spires, scale the bell
towerstairs-orrideupinalift.Theviewsareequallyspectacular(forfurtherdetails
see Sagrada Família ). Not for sufferers of vertigo.
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5. HANGING MODEL
This bizarre contraption in the crypt museum is testimony to Gaudí's ingenuity.
Gaudí created this 3D construction - made of chains and small weighted sacks of
sand-asamodelforthearchesandvaultedceilingsoftheColoniaGüellcrypt.No-
one, in the history of architecture, had ever designed a building like this.
6. NAVE
The immense central body of the temple, now almost complete, is made up of lean-
ing, tree-like columns with branches spreading out across the ceiling. Inspired by
towering redwood trees, the overall effect is that of a beautiful stone forest.
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7. ROSEDOOR CLOISTER
In the only cloister to be finished by Gaudí, the imagery is thought to be inspired
by the anarchist riots that began in 1909 (for further details see 1909-1931: The Re-
volutionary Years ). The devil's temptation of man is represented by the sculpture of
a serpent wound around a rebel.
8. CRYPT MUSEUM
Gaudí now lies in the crypt, and his tomb is visible from the museum. Renovated
to include audio-visual exhibits, the museum offers information about the temple's
construction. The highlight is the maquette workshop, producing scale plaster and
stone models for the ongoing work.
9. APSE
Adornedwithlizards,serpentsandtwogiganticsnails,theapsewasthefirstsection
of the temple to be completed by Gaudí.
 
 
 
 
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