Expiatory Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Barcelona)
On the Tibidabo Mountain in Barcelona is the Expiatory Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, built at the end of the 19th century by the famous architect Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia and finished by his son Josep María Sagnier i Vidal after more than 60 years of construction. It was completed in 1961.
It is a splendid church in a clear historicist style combining several disparate architectural elements such as neo-Byzantine, neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque. Externally, the temple has a wide wall made of solid stone from Montjuic presided over by an impressive neo-Gothic style temple with a double staircase.
The architectural ensemble is made up of the upper church and a lower crypt, together with a central floor whose roof is a dome supported by eight columns in a Romanesque style that combines with the Gothic verticality of the temple. This is covered, in turn, by an octagonal dome topped by the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Josep Miret from 1950.
Attached to the temple is the original hermitage from 1886. It has a square plan and neo-Gothic style. Inside, it houses an altar with a representation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Its crypt, in neo-Byzantine style combined with classicist and neo-Gothic elements, was inaugurated in 1911 after eight years of construction. There, beautiful sculptures by the artist Eusebi Arnau can be admired.
The upper temple has a square floor plan and was built in bluish-grey Gerona stone. Construction began in 1915 and was finished in 1951. Its towers were completely finished in 1961. Inside is an important collection of works of art, among which stand out a statue of Saint Teresa of Jesus and the Great Crucifix of the main altar by Joan Puigdollers.
The beauty of this colossal architectural complex earned it the declaration of Cultural Asset of Local Interest.
It is a splendid church in a clear historicist style combining several disparate architectural elements such as neo-Byzantine, neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque. Externally, the temple has a wide wall made of solid stone from Montjuic presided over by an impressive neo-Gothic style temple with a double staircase.
The architectural ensemble is made up of the upper church and a lower crypt, together with a central floor whose roof is a dome supported by eight columns in a Romanesque style that combines with the Gothic verticality of the temple. This is covered, in turn, by an octagonal dome topped by the image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Josep Miret from 1950.
Attached to the temple is the original hermitage from 1886. It has a square plan and neo-Gothic style. Inside, it houses an altar with a representation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Its crypt, in neo-Byzantine style combined with classicist and neo-Gothic elements, was inaugurated in 1911 after eight years of construction. There, beautiful sculptures by the artist Eusebi Arnau can be admired.
The upper temple has a square floor plan and was built in bluish-grey Gerona stone. Construction began in 1915 and was finished in 1951. Its towers were completely finished in 1961. Inside is an important collection of works of art, among which stand out a statue of Saint Teresa of Jesus and the Great Crucifix of the main altar by Joan Puigdollers.
The beauty of this colossal architectural complex earned it the declaration of Cultural Asset of Local Interest.
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Religious Buildings in Barcelona
Civil Buildings in Barcelona
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