# Cripta de la Colònia Güell: entrance [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GAUDÍ, Antoni]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The Church of Colònia Güell \(Catalan: Cripta de la Colònia Güell\) is an unfinished work by Antoni Gaudí. It was built as a place of worship for the people on a hillside in a manufacturing suburb in Santa Coloma de Cervelló, near Barcelona. Colònia Güell was the brainchild of Count Eusebi de Güell; who enlisted the help of architect Antoni Gaudí in 1898. However, work was not started until 1908, 10 years after commission. The plan for the building consisted of constructing two naves, an upper and a lower, two towers, and one forty-meter-high central dome. In 1914, the Güell family halted construction due to the death of Count Güell. At the time, the lower nave was almost complete, so between the years of 1915 and 1917, it was completed and readied for use. The crypt portion of the church, constructed from 1908 to 1914, was the only segment of the church that was fully completed. It was built partially below ground due to being on a hillside, and it was designed so that it would feel like it belonged in the surrounding nature. There are pillars on the exterior of the crypt, made of many bricks, while others were made of a solid block of stone. ## Related artworks - [Bench seat]() - [Casa Batlló: chimneys]() - [Casa Batlló: façade]() - [Casa Batlló: Fireplace Room]() - [Casa Batlló: general view]() - [Casa Batlló: interior]() - [Casa Batlló: interior]() - [Casa Batlló: interior]() - [Casa Batlló: interior]() - [Casa Batlló: top of the façade]() - [Casa Batlló: view of the roof]() - [Casa Milà: façade \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()