Barcelona plans Sagrada Familia selfie square to ease tourist crowds

‘God’s architect’ - Will Antoni Gaudí be beatified?

The wild, extravagant spires of the basilica of Sagrada Familia, reaching up jauntily to the heavens, are as synonymous with the city of Barcelona as Lionel Messi, Las Ramblas, and the fierce battle for Catalan independence.Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain. Courtesy photo.Take a walk through touristy parts of the city and you will see t-shirts, mugs, and plates emblazoned with images of its unique edifice. The city council has been f…

Barcelona plans Sagrada Familia selfie square to ease tourist crowds

The new area aims to ‘regulate visitor flow’ and ‘recover spaces for neighbourhood activities’.

The city council has approved a tourist zone at the Sagrada Familia. The special tourist zone will be 6,200 square meters. The zone will be located between the Nativity facade and Placa Gaudi. Tourists will be able to go to that area for photos. The Sagrada Familia attracts 4.7 million tourists annually. Tourists block the sidewalks, even go onto the road for photos. The Catalans want their family back. The Sagrada Familia. They lost it to touri…

The Italian artist Andrea Mastrovito's proposal is the option chosen to complete a new crucial element of the Sagrada Familia: his sculpture of Agnus Dei was in fact selected for the construction of the cross that will rest on top of the new Tower of Jesus, currently under construction in accordance with the original plan of Antoni Gaudí, the famous architectural genius who created the symbolic monument of Barcelona.

Javier Marín explains his artistic project for the facade of the Sagrada Familia – The Observatorial

Madrid. The Mexican artist Javier Marín, born in Uruapan, Michoacán, in 1962, is one of the three preselected creators, in addition to Miquel Barceló and Cristina Iglesias, by the Board of Trustees of the Construction Board of the Sagrada Familia to make the final execution of the most complex work of the modernist architect Antoni […]

The Sagrada Família in Barcelona attracts millions of tourists every year, but crowds and selfie madness are increasingly causing problems. A new place is to relieve the onslaught and serve as an "chamber".