ReillyQ

Have our tickets for next week for Sagrada Familia. Looks like the temperature will still be in the mid 80s. We are taking a guided tour from Sagrada Familia and just wondered if Men can wear shorts into the various places of the tour? Capris seem like they will be okay for women, and a wrap to cover the shoulders if needed. Also, are you allowed to take pictures inside?
Thanks, Mary Ann

elberko

I was just there in March-- no issues with taking photos. Also, I THINK it actually hasn't been consecrated, or whatever the word is, so I don't think there are clothing restrictions.

Christina

There is no dress police at any Catholic church I've ever been to in any country in Europe, including Spain. So yes, you can wear that in most of it, if you want to. I'm not sure what you plan to wear on top that you feel a wrap is necessary, but sounds good if you plan to wear very bare garments. The only place I've heard of such dress police is Italy (where I haven't been), particularly the Vatican. There are regulations at the Sagrada Familia for a part of it dedicated to prayer, though, (the Chapel of the Eucharist) which are no shorts, bare tops, swimsuits, plunging necklines, veyr short skirts, etc.

Take a look at the photo on the right on their own website, guys in shorts
http://www.sagradafamilia.org/en/benefits/

yes, you can take photos as long as they are personal, you aren't allowed to take ones for commercial purposes or use a tripod.

here are all the regulations if you want to read them
http://www.sagradafamilia.org/wp-con...CC%81lia-1.pdf

Loacker

If the Church has a problem with a perceived lack of modesty, why do they not bother cover all the half nude statues, including that of Jesus?

Jesus is always depicted shirtless. Why do we have to keep put shirt on?

ReillyQ

Thank you Christina, the photo link was most helpful. I had been on their website, but after I read the code I was more concerned about my husband. If it turns out to be that warm, I was just going to wear a sleeveless top and planned to have a wrap handy if it was a problem for them.

It has been consecrated, I saw that somewhere, I think in 2013, but I know there is still a lot of construction.

Thanks again, now I can proceed with packing what I had planned.
Mary Ann

Alec

Sagrada Familia was consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11705036
Generally, Spanish churches are less restrictive about attire than Italy, and unless you are clearly inappropriately dressed, like in a bikini, you are unlikely to face restrictions. I have seen many Spaniards, esp younger people, in shorts attending Mass in Spain.

nytraveler

C -

Sorry, there are a number of churches in Italy, including the Vatican, that have strict dress policies for modesty of adult visitors. They want knees and upper arms/bosoms covered for women. And the Swiss Guard will turn people away.

Ackislander

Someone must have stirred the mud because Loacker is here again commenting on matters clerical, something about which she or he has neither knowledge nor understanding.

Loacker, to really ring your chimes, go to Ravenna where many of the very early mosaics show Jesus not only with a bare chest but with a penis, as well He should since Christians regard Him as both fully human and fully divine. We are a namby-pamby age; the 7th Century was more theologically correct.

Aggressive atheism and anti-clericalism were very popular in the late Victorian age among the literati and would-be literati, but I thought people had gotten over it. Maybe it is a reaction to fundamentalism, but leave it to others with more education and better brains to carry on the battle.

Loacker

Where did you see any aggression? I think I made a valid point.

Catholics impose a certain dress code on church visitors, while they adorns their basilicas and cathedrals with naked statues and frescoes. Kinda odd, dontcha think?