Temple of Tibidabo Stained Glass Windows - Barcelona, Spain
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N 41° 25.315 E 002° 07.136
31T E 426375 N 4585970
Known more often as the Temple of Tibidabo, the Expiatory Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located on the summit of Mount Tibidabo in Barcelona.
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Location: Cataluña, Spain
Date Posted: 02/10/2016
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The interior of the basilica is divided into a nave and two aisles with semicircular apses, with stained glasses and four rose windows on the facades. The windows of the presbytery are dedicated to Pius X, John the Evangelist, Marguerite Marie Alacoque, Paul the Apostle and John Bosco.
The left altar has five stained glasses dedicated to various Marian devotions: the Virgin of Antipolo (Philippines), Our Lady of Luján (Argentina), the Assumption of Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico) and Our Lady of Charity (Cuba).
The right altar stained glasses are dedicated to Spanish Marian devotions: the Virgin of Almudena (Madrid), the Virgin of Núria (Catalonia), Our Lady of Hope, Our Lady of the Forsaken (Valencia) and Our Lady of Begoña (Basque Country).
The windows of the four towers contain the Latin phrase tibi dabo ("I'll give you"), the name of the mountain. The windows of the four facades are dedicated to Francis de Sales, Pius XI, Ignatius of Loyola, Francisco Javier, Pius IX, Rose of Lima, Leo XIII and Pius XII. The eight stained glasses of the dome depict scenes from the life of Jesus.
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