Catalan Dialect spoken in the Catalonia region of Northern Spain.
Passion Facade The Sagrada Familia has three main Facades: the nativity facade, the glory facade and the passion facade. The Passion Facade is on the Western side of the church and shows the last days of Jesus’ life from the last supper to the crucifixion.
Josep Maria Subirachs The famous sculptor chosen to continue the works of Gaudi on the Sagrada Familia after Gaudi’s death. His sculptures are most famous on the passion facade. The fame of the church overshadowed the many other achievements he made in his lifetime.
“magic square” A square matrix of numbers where every number only happens once and every row, column and diagonal “magically” equal the same number.
“magic constant” The “magical” sum of a “magic square”.
Freemasons A fraternal organization associated with many myths and legends especially with the foundations of the United States government. This reference in Origin is referring to Dan Brown’s previous novel The Lost Symbol.
Great Architect of the Universe The conception of God in Freemasonry.
heterodox The definition of the word is not conforming to orthodox beliefs. A canopy of stone or cloth put above a throne or alter. The Parachuting Jesus is the name of the Altar- Baldachin in the Sagrada Familia.
Parachuting Jesus The Baldachin designed by Gaudi in the Sagrada Familia, as the canopy looks like a parachute above Jesus on the crucifix.
“The 20 Deadliest Staircases in the World”An article published by Travel and Leisure (not by National Geographic). It does name the following two staircases along with the stairs in Sagrada Familia among the most treacherous staircases. 
Angkor Wat Temple Located in Cambodia, the set of stair attatched to this Buddhist temple is named the deadliest staircase in the world.
Devil’s Cauldron waterfall
The stairs alongside this waterfall in Ecuador are also among the deadliest staircases in the world.
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