The Sagrada Familia, Barcelona´s pearl!

The Sagrada Familia is one of the symbols that stand for Barcelona. The Sagrada has been under construction since 1882, the church will be consecrated by the Pope on November 7, 2010.

The church was designed by Antoni Gaudi, whom is still very important for Barcelona since a majority of his creatures are still in wonderful shape and can be found in Barcelona. After his death in 1926 the work continued under the direction of Gaudi´s friend, Domenech Sugranyes. Barcelona is still trying to finish the constructions in 2026 (100 years after Gaudi´s death).

It took Gaudi 5 years to finish the entrance. From that moment on Gaudi realized that the constructions would take a tremendous amount of time. Therefore he opened in 1909 the Sagrada Temporary schools. These schools were designed for the children of the workers and for the local children who were members of its community. During the last months of his life he became so involved that he decided to live next to the church. He lived in a room next to the workshop; this room was used for making scale models, doing sketches etc.

Just after his death the team moved on by using Gaudi´s original plans and drawings, due to this fact the four bell towers were completed in 1930. During the civil war the construction stopped, throughout the civil war multiple parts of the temple were damaged and desecrated. Therefore after the civil war the restoration of the crypt started. It took until the end 80´s of the 20th century to finish the outside of the Temple. From the begin 90´s the team started building the inside of the Gaudi´s creature. Since the Sagrada has been under construction for so long, they are restorate the temple as well. This means that they are building and restorate the temple.

The construction on the temple is not supported by the government. The initial stages were funded by private funds. At the moment the construction is paid by the entrance tickets and by private donations through the friends of the temple fund.

The Bellafila Apartments are just some metro stops away from this beautiful creation of Gaudi

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Gaudi, Miro, Picasso and Dali are just some names of great Spanish artists; these mind blowing individuals are still respected all around the world. Coming to Barcelona will mean that you can still find their work all around the city.

What all these artists have in common is that they have a dedicated museum. The museums of Gaudi, Miro and Picasso are in the city of Barcelona, while the Dali museum is situated in Figueres. What is a 1.30 hour drive from Barcelona.

Gaudi who became one of the most famous art nouveau architects is well known for many architectural highlights in Barcelona. His most famous creations are the still unfinished Sagrada Famillia and the Park Guell. To get to Park Guell take the green underground line to Vallcarca. The Sagrada even have his own underground station.

Besides Gaudi, Barcelona had another great artist. In the name of Miro. A painter/sculptor who was born in Barcelona. He became well-known by his expressionistic sculpture and paintings. There is even a museum dedicated to him and is situated on the Montjuc. It’s really easy to get to the Montjuc. Take the green line from Plaza Catalunya or Liceu in Las Ramblas and get off in Paral-lel. At Paral-el you have to transfer to a little train that takes you up to the Montjuc ( while this transfer is done underground, you don’t have to pay an additional charge for the transfer up the Montjuc). Altenatively, get off in Plaza España and reach the museum via electric escalators.

Maybe one of the most impressive painters ever is Picasso. His museum is situated near the Ramblas and underground station Jaume.

While we think that art is a beautiful connection to apartments, we have a great choice of design apartments and boutique flats all located in the centre of Barcelona, very close to Las Ramblas and the main square Plaza Catalunya.

Here there are some example of unique flats on offer:

Picasso apartment located in el Born area, very close to the Picasso museum.

Art Deco and Art Nouveau in the heart of the historical centre and very close to Las Ramblas.

Cathedral, luxury flat situated in the historic centre of Barcelona. 75 m far from the cathedral and just 50 m away of Ramblas boulevard.

Opera , modern design flat off Las Ramblas

So book your apartment at flats by days, while we can make you arty stay in Barcelona even more impressive. With apartments all over the historical centre you will own a wonderful piece of art for some days.