Gaudí’s Nativity side is all exuberance: life crowded into stone.
Across the basilica, the Passion side flips the mood—sharper and more severe, with sculptures by Josep Maria Subirachs.
Inside, the stained glass carries the story in colour: cooler morning light from the east, warmer evening tones from the west. The columns branch like a forest; the four Evangelists—Matthew, Mark, Luke and John—have names on their columns and matching towers above.
And then back into the city.