Don Justo's Self Built Cathedral

This is an incredible story. A few kilometres outside of Madrid a retired farmer decided to build a cathedral, by himself. He started when he was 50 or 60 and is now well into his eighties. Most of the construction materials used are recycled (buckets, pieces of wood, plastic tubes, etc) and it´s financed by donations. It is not recognised by the catholic church and he hasn´t any planning permission but on he goes. Phenomenal feat.

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