Plaça de Gaudí

Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família at blue hour (The Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family), designed by the famous Catalan...

Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (The Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family), designed by the famous Catalan architect...

La Sagrada Familia Barcelona Catalonia, Spain

In support of Autism awareness day, the Sagrada Familia was illuminated supposedly "blue" for just one night (as seen in the previous image of this album). Fortunately for me, this meant that I could capture a less common image as compared to the million of other tourist snaps of this iconic location. As the sky became darker, the blue colour turned to purple. The grandeur of Gaudí's design is difficult to explain in words or even capture in a photograph. Its little wonder that it draws millions of tourist every year. The still pond situated in the Plaça de Gaudí provides a great reflection in the foreground.

The Sagrada Familia is still under construction, hence the numerous construction cranes, and is expected to be completed in 2026. Keeping in mind that construction of the Basilica started in 1882, this Gaudí's masterpiece is most likely the only building that took 3 centuries to complete. It is just mind boggling how much wisdom and insight Gaudí had to not only design such an unique building, but also ensure sufficient detail will be left after his death for other architecture to continue his work.

Unfortunately, the large influx of foreign visitors are not welcomed by all the locals. Incidents of pick pockets, robbers targeting tourists and slashing tires of rental cars ( we experienced this first hand) are fairly common. There were also plenty of anti-tourism graffiti around.

1 exp shot, edited in Lightroom and Photoshop. Comments and constructive criticisms are appreciated!

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