Gaudí left no written plan but he left a model which was built, on which his thought about the form and symbolism of the building was clear. Gaudí was always conscious that he would not be able to finish the work. Gaudí also left some drawings in which the polychrome nature that the Sagrada Família will have can be observed, because he said “that color is life”.
The Holy Family can be considered a Bible in stone, due to the great quantity of catholic symbols which Gaudí chose to mold into the façades of Sagrada Família. In them are found (or will be) from Adam and Eve to the Twelve Apostles, passing through all the episodes of the life of Jesus as well as the symbols of the Old Testament.
It is a monument which declares the catholic creed. But the importance of Gaudí's unfinished building, Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Família, is not only religious; it may be considered the "Book of Gaudí" because it is the clearest explanation of his method of construction.
In this work Gaudí applied all the structural solutions that he had studied and tested more than once in the works which he created

throughout his life. Gaudí had learned much by observing nature and its shapes, and by simply trying to imitate them.
A visit to Sagrada Família is recommended, and the building, though it isn’t finished, leaves a

lot of memories and a great story to tell your friends at home.

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