Nativity Façade

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The Nativity Façade is the highly ornate, symbolically rich eastern entrance of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, celebrating the birth of Jesus with intricate sculptures and organic, nature-inspired forms characteristic of Antoni Gaudí’s style.

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Nativity Façade canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural façade ⓘ
church entrance ⓘ
architecturalStyle Art Nouveau ⓘ
Catalan Modernism ⓘ
linked to: Modernisme català

Modernisme ⓘ
linked to: Modernisme català
artForm architectural sculpture ⓘ
associatedWith Antoni Gaudí ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Catholic revivalism ⓘ
buildingType church façade ⓘ
city Barcelona ⓘ
completedBy early 20th century ⓘ
constructionStart 1890s ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
culturalSignificance major tourist attraction in Barcelona ⓘ
decorativeProgram sculptural groups arranged in vertical tiers ⓘ
dedicatedTo Nativity of Jesus ⓘ
linked to: Nativity of Christ
designer Antoni Gaudí ⓘ
entranceTo Sagrada Família basilica ⓘ
linked to: Sagrada Família
facesDirection east ⓘ
feature angels and shepherds ⓘ
animals and natural elements ⓘ
floral and vegetal ornamentation ⓘ
highly ornate decoration ⓘ
nature-inspired motifs ⓘ
organic forms ⓘ
scenes from the childhood of Jesus ⓘ
sculpted figures of the Holy Family ⓘ
symbolic sculptural program ⓘ
hasPortal central portal ⓘ
side portals ⓘ
hasTower bell towers ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
historicalSignificance only façade substantially completed during Gaudí’s lifetime ⓘ
includedInUNESCOSite Works of Antoni Gaudí ⓘ
influencedBy forms of nature ⓘ
locatedIn Barcelona ⓘ
Catalonia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
partOf Basilica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família ⓘ
linked to: Sagrada Família

Sagrada Família ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
symbolism Christian iconography ⓘ
celebration of life and creation ⓘ
theme birth of Jesus Christ ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ
visualCharacteristic densely packed sculptural surfaces ⓘ
dynamic, flowing lines ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sagrada Família → hasFacade → Nativity Façade ⓘ
Glory Façade → contrastsWith → Nativity Façade ⓘ