Saint George

Gaudí designed the exterior facades of the Sagrada Familia as large altarpieces with a catechetical and evangelizing function, however he wanted the interior of the Temple to be a space for prayer and reflection with few sculptures and altarpieces. In fact, inside there are only four sculptures that mark the four ends of the cross on the floor. Thus, walking from the Birth Gate to the Passion Gate, we can see the three figures of the Holy Family: in the Nativity Gallery, San José. Opposite, in the Passion gallery, the Virgin Mary. The one of Jesus on the cross on the altar is right in the middle of those two sculptures. Sant Jordi, the patron saint of Catalonia on the main door, inside the Gloria façade.

Sant Jordi, the patron saint of Catalonia and whom Gaudí had special esteem, decided to project it in a prominent place in the temple. In 1989 Subirachs offered to carry it out because the Saint is also a reference in his work.

He made a bronze sculpture of concave and convex shapes, 3 meters high and quite different from the usual representation of the Saint. Here he appears without a horse or dragon, and without a sword or weapon. Furthermore, the armor reveals a young body and a Hellenistic head, which turns downward to look at the audience.

It was placed in June 2006 on the railing of the Jubé balcony, about nine meters high, above the main door, inside the Gloria façade. It was inaugurated in 2007 to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the laying of the temple's first stone and the 550th anniversary of the saint's patronage in Catalonia.