Today's Holy Week Phot-o' the Day takes us to the unfinished Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona, Spain. Much like the gothic cathedrals of pre-Renaissance Europe, Sagrada Familia has been under construction for over 100 years and it's still unfinished. One significant reason is the huge amount of decorative artwork throughout the structure, interior and exterior. It is impossible to absorb all of it. There has so many religiously-significant scenes depicted in the art throughout Sagrada Familia.
For example: this. This is the scourging of Christ. An ordinary column does double duty as the pillar to which Jesus is tied to receive the 40 lashes as his "punishment" from Pilate. Just one of the thousands pieces of religious art found here.
Visited September 2015.
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