The main façade, or the Glory façade, located on Carrer de Mallorca, faces the sea. It will show the history of humanity from Adam and Eve through the Last Judgement, as well as Jesus’ teachings, which illuminate men and women on eternal life and glory. Studying Gaudí’s volumetric model and plan for the iconography and symbolism on this façade has made it possible for work to continue on the project for this façade. Like those dedicated to the birth and passion of Jesus, it will also have a great narthex and four bell towers, in this case dedicated to the apostles Andrew, Peter, Paul and James the Greater. Unlike the other two façades, however, here the whole towers don’t extend all the way down to the foundations. Only the inner half of the towers, which enclose the naves, will go all the way down, while the other half, on the street side, begins roughly thirty metres up, resting on eight columns on the property line of the Basilica plot. These columns represent the eight beatitudes (a representation that also extends to the vaults that support them) recounted by Jesus as the basis of a happy, spiritually full life (blessed are the poor in spirit, blessed are those who mourn, blessed are the meek, blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, blessed are the merciful, blessed are the pure of heart, blessed are the peacemakers, blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness).
