Flagellation Column

It is located in front of the central door and is the first sculpture that was placed on this façade in 1987. From here, sculptures were installed year after year.
It replaces the cross initially planned by Gaudí, it is made of marble, is 5 meters high and is located on three steps, as many as days elapsed until the resurrection. The column is divided into 4 blocks, which symbolize the four parts of the cross. Other details to highlight are: the knot, symbol of the torture suffered by Jesus; the fossil in the shape of a palm tree (found in the marble block according to Subirachs), symbol of martyrdom; and the reed next to the feet recalls the reed that the soldiers gave to Jesus instead of the royal scepter, as a symbol of the scorn suffered.