🏛️ Works of Antoni Gaudí: Nativity Façade and Crypt of the Basílica de la Sagrada Família
UNESCO World Heritage components of Barcelona's modernist basilica
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Barcelona's Eixample district, Spain
- Nativity Façade: Completed 1930, sole façade finished during Gaudí's lifetime
- Crypt: Begun 1883, redesigned from neo-Gothic to modernist form by Gaudí
- UNESCO inscription: 1984
The Nativity Façade and Crypt represent two defining elements of Antoni Gaudí's reinterpretation of ecclesiastical modernism within the Basílica de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona. The Nativity Façade is the only major exterior section completed during Gaudí's directorship, while the Crypt underwent radical stylistic transformation under his hand from its original neo-Gothic design. The Sagrada Família was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. As of 2026, both components remain ...