Forest Fantasia

Stepping into La Sagrada Familia is like entering an enchanted forest out of a child’s wildest imagination. The tall pink and grey columns that end in branch-like struts, starbursts amok across the impossibly tall ceiling, flashes of color that stream through the sunlit stained glass window – this church in Barcelona is like none I …

Ascension

The altar of Sagrada Família is surrounded by the seven apse chapels. Suspended over six feet in the air, it features Christ suspended on a crucifix, sheltered with an ornate canopy. A skylight is directly high up above it, letting in natural light to accentuate His ascension. This is sixth in a series of posts …