A visit to Barcelona, Spain, as well as enter a new world with a feel of “art deco”. Various classical building stands makes this region of Catalunya race into the area with the highest artistic taste in the plains of Europe. If you pay a visit to Barcelona, one of the tourist destinations that are worth a visit is La Sagrada Familia. Not only offers a stately building in the style of “art deco”, this church also has a long history of existence. Built starting from 1882, the construction of La Sagrada Familia encountered many obstacles. A year later, the construction of the church was taken over by an architect who had a taste of high art named Antonio Gaudi.
Antonio Gaudi was an architect who played a major role in the development of architecture in the city of Barcelona, so the city has a different feel compared to other cities in Europe.
In early 2016, La Sagrada Familia is still under construction in some parts. Slow development is not without cause, as reported from the site sagradafamilia.org, this is caused by the construction that still hold the concept of Antonio Gaudi. The architecture crave design scheme should be decorated with thousands of ornaments, statues, and other carved art touch.
The building design of La Sagrada Familia is indeed cool, both interior and exterior. Inside, stained glass paintings could scatter sunlight disparate, if the afternoons it will be red, if the morning it will be blue. From this we can judge that La Sagrada Familia is built with a high degree of seriousness.
Opened to the public from 09:00 am to 19:00 pm, the church is located in Calle Mallorca, Barcelona, is never empty of visitors. It is not surprising, the survey results from the UNWTO (UN tourism organization) reveals, Spain ranks third among the countries most visited by foreign tourists.