The stocks of the quarries are limited and cannot always guarantee a sufficient quantity for a work of the scale of La Sagrada Família. That limited exploitation has meant that one kind of stone has had to be changed several times when the stocks in the geological extraction zone are exhausted. The stones of the structural elements, such as the columns and the capitals, were chosen by Gaudí: Montjuïc stone for the six-sided columns of the side naves;ull de serp granite for the eight-sided columns of the central nave; basalt, for the eight ten-sided columns around the transept; porphyry, for the four twelve-sided columns of the transept, which support the 170 m high central tower.



STONES USED BY GAUDÍ
STONES USED UNTIL TODAY
CLASSIFICATION
PROPERTIES OF THE STONE
MONTJUÏC STONE
TEXTURES OF THE STONE