The Spaniard Who Spent 50 Years Building a Cathedral With His Own Hands
A huge cathedral with tall towers and a magnificent dome rises slowly in the municipality of Mejorada del Campo, 20 kilometers from Madrid. It seems like a common occurrence, but it is not. The building has been under construction for 50 years - brick by brick - by one man: Justo Gallego MartÃnez, farmer, ex-monk and a self-taught architect of 88 years of age.
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A huge cathedral with tall towers and a magnificent dome rises slowly in the municipality of Mejorada del Campo, 20 kilometers from Madrid. It seems like a common occurrence, but it is not. The building has been under construction for 50 years - brick by brick - by one man: Justo Gallego MartÃnez, farmer, ex-monk and a self-taught architect of 88 years of age.Learn about his life's work (literally) after the break.
Without any previous knowledge of architecture or any experience in the construction industry, MartÃnez has spent five decades collecting garbage and leftover building materials to build the 50 x 25-meter surface structure with a 60-meter high tower.
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After working as a farmer and bullfighter, MartÃnez spent eight years in a Trappist monastery - the Cistercian convent in Santa MarÃa de Huerta - which he was forced to abandon when he...
© Flickr user: santiago lopez-pastor, licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
A huge cathedral with tall towers and a magnificent dome rises slowly in the municipality of Mejorada del Campo, 20 kilometers from Madrid. It seems like a common occurrence, but it is not. The building has been under construction for 50 years - brick by brick - by one man: Justo Gallego MartÃnez, farmer, ex-monk and a self-taught architect of 88 years of age.Learn about his life's work (literally) after the break.
Without any previous knowledge of architecture or any experience in the construction industry, MartÃnez has spent five decades collecting garbage and leftover building materials to build the 50 x 25-meter surface structure with a 60-meter high tower.
© Wikipedia user: Dirección General de Turismo, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
After working as a farmer and bullfighter, MartÃnez spent eight years in a Trappist monastery - the Cistercian convent in Santa MarÃa de Huerta - which he was forced to abandon when he...
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