Sagrada Familia - Spectacular Celebration

[+ azdr0710]

(this is not a religious/political/theater/travel/museums and parks/Europe post!)

a forum search turned up nothing about the June 10 celebration of the completion earlier this year of the "Tower Of Jesus Christ", making it now the tallest church in the world (172.5 meters/566 feet)......the below youtube is just one of many by various content creators, including the Vatican(!), now playing.......the Pope was there to witness the celebration on the 100th anniversary of Gaudi's death..... the production was, to me, nothing short of incredible......sound, music, lighting, fireworks, and a fantastic use of drones (I've never seen anything like this before) to imagine Gaudi looking down at the people, then his church, with a smile then appearing amid a roar of approval from the audience.....the drones then go on to create a couple messages (in Catalan, of course!).......the church was deliberately built to be exactly one meter shorter than nearby Montjuic (hill) as Gaudi felt no man-made object should be taller than (God's) natural objects.....2035 full church completion date planned.....

go full screen and crank that volume! (goosebumps and misty eyes!)

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Edited 6 hours ago by azdr0710

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

The drone image was creepy, but inspirational given the background story you provided.  Thanks!

[maninsoma]

I'm not going to watch the video and I don't mean to diminish your response to it, but just based on the thumbnail my first reaction is "why is a church spending so much money on a vanity project when something lesser would do and they could spend that money helping those in poverty?"

[BigK]

Spectacular! Thanks for posting.

[wsc]

A great moment for Barcelona and for Spain, no doubt, and quite the spectacle for all to see. BUT ... the architecture of the building has always been polarizing. Personally, I find its design at best unconventional and at worst approaching the grotesque, lacking in both charm and grace. Big? Absolutely! Warm, comforting, inviting? For me, not so much, as I prefer the lines and symmetry of St. Patrick's in New York, London's Westminster Abbey, or St. Peter's in Rome; traditional vs avant-garde. But some love escargot and others don't. It's a matter of taste.

[+ sync]

As visually impressive as it is/was, I'm dazzled by the planning, scope, and precision of the presentation of it all.  Successfully striking a match is an achievement for me.