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The Passion Facade is a much plainer and the sculptures are free of ornaments

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sagrada-familia_AJP_3281.jpg The Nativity facade was the first facade to be completed.ThumbnailsThe three doorways of the Nativity facade representing Hope, Charity and Faith and the elaborate sculptures above themThe Nativity facade was the first facade to be completed.ThumbnailsThe three doorways of the Nativity facade representing Hope, Charity and Faith and the elaborate sculptures above themThe Nativity facade was the first facade to be completed.ThumbnailsThe three doorways of the Nativity facade representing Hope, Charity and Faith and the elaborate sculptures above themThe Nativity facade was the first facade to be completed.ThumbnailsThe three doorways of the Nativity facade representing Hope, Charity and Faith and the elaborate sculptures above them

Through the Passion Facade Gaudi wanted to portray the desolation, the pain and the death of Christ. In sharp contrast to the Nativity Facade, there are no references to the joy of life in the Passion Facade. You don't see any floral or animal ornamentation here. The feeling here is one of the irreversible loss of death.
[Sagrada Familia - Gaudi - Barcelona - Spain]