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The Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor English: Expiatory Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Spanish: Templo Expiatorio del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús) is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located on the summit of Mount Tibidabo in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is the work of the Spanish architect Enric Sagnier and was completed by his son Josep Maria Sagnier i Vidal. The construction of the church, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, lasted from 1902 to 1961.The idea of building a Catholic church on the summit of the Tibidabo emerged in the late 19th century amidst rumors about the construction of a Protestant church and a hotel-casino at that location. This motivated a "Board of Catholic Knights" to acquire the ownership of the field and give it to Saint John Bosco in 1886, when he was visiting Barcelona at the invitation of Dorotea de Chopitea, a great patron and promoter of the project. From this arose the idea of a building dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a dedication very popular at that time thanks to the impetus given by Pope Leo XIII, and following in line with the church built in Rome by Bosco himself (Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio) and the famous Sacré-Cœur in Paris. In 1886 a neo-Gothic hermitage was built, and two years later, for the Universal Exposition, the Vallvidrera road was urbanized and a pavilion of Mudejar inspiration was built beside the hermitage to serve as a viewing point (for the city below). However, the project to build the church suffered a significant delay mainly because of the development of a new project to build an astronomical observatory on the summit of Tibidabo, which was eventually constructed on a nearby hill (Fabra Observatory). Finally, on 28 December 1902, the first stone was placed in a ceremony presided by the Bishop of Barcelona, Salvador Casañas i Pagès. The crypt was built between 1903 and 1911, and the main church was built between 1915 and 1951. The church was consecrated by Bishop Gregorio Modrego Casaus during the 35th Eucharistic Congress held in Barcelona in 1952. The towers were completed afterward, with work officially ending in 1961. On 29 October 1961 the church received the title of minor basilica from Pope John XXIII.
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This is a small yet very beautiful church on a hill top overlooking the city of Barcelona. We took an Uber from our hotel at Las Ramblas and arrived at the church 30 minutes before opening. Taxis or Uber will drop you off behind the temple and you’lI need to walk 5-10 min to the top of the hill (easy incline). We went to the Capilla de la Adoracion (Adoration Chapel) first and waited for the temple to open. The top of the hill is nice in the sense that there is a restaurant and clean toilets, and an Amusement Park next door to the temple. The Adoration Chapel is beautiful and free to enter, so don’t miss it. The Temple is also free of charge to enter, but if you want to take the elevator to the observation deck on top of the temple (not the one the temple sits on, but the one on top of the church), there is a small fee payable onsite. We did not need to go higher than any of the free areas, so it cost us nothing to visit. We wanted to walk down to the city from the Temple, but quickly discovered that there were walking paths (sidewalks) only through half way, and would have to walk on a highway the rest of the way. We don’t advise this, and we took an Uber coming back down to the city. The Uber ride took about 25 min both ways, so it is not as close to the downtown area as it seems. There may be other public transport ways of getting there, but we did not explore any. The views of the city are fantastic from there, and if you want to avoid crowds, go at opening hour on a week day. We went Friday morning and had both the chapel and the temple to ourselves for the length of our visit. Highly recommend this place.
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Ctra. de Vallvidrera al Tibidabo, 111, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
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The Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located on the summit of Mount Tibidabo in Barcelona, Catalonia. The building is the work of the Catalan architect Enric Sagnier and was completed by his son Josep Maria Sagnier i Vidal.
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