Antoni Gaudi planned this church, and at one point knocked on doors in Barcelona to raise the funds needed to complete it. After his death the church sat unfinished for quite some time and although it was begun in the 1880's it still may not be complete for another 20 to 40 years. I don't know if Gaudi thought it would be done in his lifetime, but he really believed in this project. I don't know that I'm the type of guy who could design something and believe that I may not be the person to finish it.
The pillars shown above are meant to replicate tree trunks, and the large knots were meant to replicate, well, knots in tree trunks where branches once hung. It was Gaudi's intent that while you sat in church you should feel that the canopy above was one God created, not made by man. Gaudi believed that you couldn't improve on nature, so why not copy it?
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