Sagrada Familia, home of a sudoku-like stone

  • Sudoku in the Sagrada Familia
Sudoku in the Sagrada Familia
Karsten Knöfler

The Sagrada Familia is both Gaudi's masterpiece and Barcelona's delight. Its Passion Facade, on the basilica's western side, is also the home of a familiar-looking stone square. This square is divided into sixteen smaller squares, each containing a number. Like a type of Sudoku, these numbers are not random. Each column, each row and each main diagonal adds up to 33, Christ's age at his death. This square, in a smaller size, appears again in the right door of that same façade.