The expiatory church of La Sagrada Família is a church with five naves and a crossing with three, forming a Latin cross. The interior measurements are: nave and apse, 90 m; crossing, 60 m; width of the central nave, 15 m; side naves 7.5 m, total main nave, 45 m; width of the crossing, 30 m 
APSE Apse
CHAPELSThe east end of the church is semicircular in shape and consists of seven chapels distributed around an ambulatory and the central space with the altar and the presbytery. The are two spiral staircases at each end. It will be crowned by a tower. Chapels
CLOISTERThere are three chapels: the Baptistery on the left of the Glory façade; the Sacrament and the Penitence, to the right of the Glory façade, and the Assumption, on the rear part of the apse. Cloister
CROSSING AND TRANSEPTSThe cloister, which runs around the perimeter of the church, is a space that connects the façades, the sacristies and the chapels. Crossing ans transepts
CRYPTThe transverse nave that links the Nativity façade with the Passion façade is divided into three spaces: the transepts, which connect directly with the two façades, and the crossing, which is the central element and is crowned by five towers. Crypt
GLORY FAÇADE An underground floor which occupies the space beneath the apse and therefore has the same structure Glory façade
THE NATIVITY FAÇADE The main façade of the church facing south-east towards the sea and formed by four towers joined by a large portico or narthex. The Nativity façade
PASSION FAÇADE Façade of the transept facing east and consisting of four towers with three doorways. It is dedicated to the birth of Jesus and was the first to be built, with the direct intervention of Gaudí. Passion façade
MAIN NAVE Façade of the transept facing west, formed by four towers joined by a large porch and dedicated to the passion, death and resurrection of Christ. Main nave
SACRISTIES
Space between the main façade and the crossing composed of one central nave and two naves on each side. Sacristies
The sacristies are domed administrative buildings on the corners of the north part of the church. |
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