The CHURCH OF MOUNT TIBIDABO next to Mount Tibidabo, also called the Magic Mountain, houses the spectacular neo-Gothic temple of the Sacred Heart, completed in 1.961, and right next to an older hermitage dating from 1.886.
Once there, you can also see the Collserola Tower, almost 300 meters high, and which was built on the occasion of the Olympic Games of 1.992, or spend the day in the Amusement Park that is in the same place.
The temple[edit]
Portico of the crypt
The appearance of the temple is that of a fortified walled enclosure of stone of Montjuïc presided over by a monumental neo-Gothic temple with a double staircase. The set consists of a lower crypt and the upper church, with a central floor with a dome on eight columns. 10 The style is based on a Romanesque line combined with the temple of Gothicstyle or.
With a dome crowned with the image of the Sacred Heart.
Initial work by Frederic Marès destroyed in 1936 and replaced by another by Josep Miret, from 1950. Attached to the temple is the hermitage built in 1886, a square plant of 2 meters on each of its sides and eight meters high. Inside it has an altar with an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 15
- Time: 11:00 to 20:00 h
- Price: 3.50€
- Website: www.tibidabo.cat
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