Ok Mom! I got to the one that you were desperately waiting for! This is just a snibbit of the whole story so that it will sort of fit into the blog, since we stayed at the basilica for more than 2 hours :) And yes, it is a basilica, which is much more important than the cathedral of Barcelona, which is where the bishop practices. The Sagrada Familia was designed by Antoni Guadi, a very out of the box architect for his time. He was a complete and utter genius, figuring out how to support the current tallest cathedral in the world with no buttresses at all, and with enough space inside to make your head spin! The whole basilica, and I bet that you will not believe me on this, was designed upside down! Yes, you heard me right! The church makes use of parabolic arches, which are self supporting, and in practicality do not need any exterior or interior support! Ill go more into depth on the interior architecture of the basilica in a new post! See yah! Ray
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