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norome | 5 months ago

My two cents as an armchair architect: The Original Gaudi façade is a masterpiece, astonishing to behold in both technical excellence and artistic originality. The sculptural spires are also excellent where they follow the law of weirdness and surprise. The rest is a valiant tribute, but ultimately lacking in the subtlety and freedom of Gaudì himself. It was based on his design as closely as possible, but we can only imagine him re-thinking and warping the design at each stage to create those original details and surprising moments that characterize the works he personally supervised. I found the interior boring, and the newer modernist façade was just an echo of the style in vogue at the time. I would skip going inside next time.

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lnrd|5 months ago

The only reason I can find for anyone to be bored by the inside is if they visited on a cloudy day. The way the light enters through the stained glass and colors the environment (and how the light changes during the day) is astonishing, never experienced something similar tbh.

empath75|5 months ago

The inside is by the far more interesting part to me. It's a sculpture in light. I have never seen anything else like it.