Spain, Barcelona-Sagrada Familia Temple, Passion Facade-The Kiss of Judas

The construction of this unique Temple began in 1882, and one year later Antoni Gaudi was appointed Project Director. He worked on the project over 40 years until his death in 1926. The temple has three facades (named: 'Nativity', 'Passion' and 'Glory'), each bearing four souring towers. Eight of the twelve bell towers of the facades, dedicated to the Apostles and having a height exceeding 100 meters, are already built. The four belfries awaiting construction are those of the Facade of Glory, the 170-meter central dome in honor of Jesus Christ, the Tower of the Virgin Mary (125m) and the Tower of the 4 Evangelists. Seen here are statues by the sculptor Josep Maria Subirachs on the Passion Facade (southwestern lateral facade). Subirachs began his work in 1987 following the ideas of Gaudi, but not his style. In this scene: The kiss of betrayal of Judas. A snake on the wall next to Judas' feet represents the devil who tempted him to betray Jesus. On the wall behind is a numerical magic square (cryptogram), that contains 16 numbers offering a total of 310 combinations all adding up to 33, the age of Christ at his death.

ANIMAL: SERPENT • ARCHITCETURE • ARCHITECTURE • ARCHITECTURE: FACADE • ARCITECTURE • ART NOUVEAU • ART, JUGENDSTIL • ART, NOUVEAU • BAISER • BARCELONE • BIBLE NT • CARRE MAGIQUE • CATALOGNE • CHRIST • CHRIST: SAINTE FAMILLE • CHRISTIANISME • DECEPTION • ECCLESIA • ECOLE: JUGENDSTIL • EGLISE • EGLISE, INTERIEUR • ÉGLISES • ESCROQUERIE • ESPAGNE • FACADE • HORIZONTALE • INTERIEUR: EGLISE • JESUS SAINTE FAMILLE • JESUS • JOUR • JUGENDSTIL • MENTIR • MODERNISME • NEOGOTHIQUE • NOUVEAU TESTAMENT • RELIGION • REPTILE SERPENT • SAGRADA FAMILIA • SAINTE FAMILLE • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURES • SERPENT • STYLE: JUGENDSTIL • TECHNIQUE: SCULPTURE • TRAHISON • TRAITRISE • UNESCO • XXE SIECLE