The apse
The apse is the most important part of a church, because it is
where the altar is located. At the Sagrada Família, this will connect
symbolically to the tower of Jesus, rising up just above the apse vault.
It occupies the head of the Temple and is one of the few places where we still find
some neo-Gothic remains (the apse floor plan, façade and chapels). It is located
just above the crypt and shares the same semicircular floor plan. It has three
parts: the presbytery, the ambulatory that surrounds it and the seven apse chapels,
with a large circular staircase on either side leading to the crypt and the central