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= The 3 Facades =

The Nativity Facade
==== This was the first facade that was completed. Construction began in 1894 and it was finished in 1930. It has three portals. The portal on the right is dedicated to faith. On the left there is a portal dedicated to hope. The middle portal is dedicated to charity. the portals are seperated by two huge columns. There are two chameleons, one on each side of the facade, that symbolize change. There are four of the towers that are dedicated to the apostles are located on the Nativity facade. The towers are dedicated the James, Thomas, Philip and Bartholomew. Symbolizing the birth of Christ, this facade faces the sun as is rises.This facade is beautiful and elegant. ====

The Passion Facade
==== The passion facade is very simple and plain. It is embedded with straight lines.These lines represent the skeleton. This facade symbolizes the passion of Christ and his sacrifice. Construction was started in 1954. There are four towers located on this facade. The towers represent the apostles James, Thomas, Philip and Bartholomew. In 1976 the towers were completed and in 1987 a sculpting team started engraving details into the facade showing the brutality of Christ's sacrifice. It is supposed to show man's sins. This facade faces the sun as it sets, this is ment to portray the death of Christ. Resembling the trunk of a sequoia tree six columns help hold this facade up.The Passion Facade is very bare and moving. Above the passion facade there is a triangle made up of 18 columns that are bone shaped. On this triangle there in a cross. There are also three portals on this facade. ====

The Glory facade
==== The Glory facade will be the largest and most striking of the three facades. Construction began in 2002. The Glory Facade will have acess to the Central Nave it will be the main Facade. It will symbolize the Celestial Glory of Jesus and it also represents the road to God, Death, Final Judgment and finally, Glory. Gaudí, knowing that he would be dead before the facade was finished, only made a sketch and let other architcets with other styles finish it. He wanted La Sagrada Familia to have many different artistic styles. There will be a staircase leading up to the the Glory Portico. The staricase will create a tunnel symbolizing Hell. A portico is a part of a builbing that has a roof and coluns holding it up. It is like a porch. On the portico there will be seven columns. the bottom of the columns will symbollize the Seven Deadly Sins and at the top of each column there will be a representation of The Seven Heavenly Virtues. ====

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