The cathedral of Don Quixote


  • Photographer
    Susana Girón
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    BluePhoto
  • Date of Photograph
    2011
  • Technical Info
    Digital

This is an extraordinary story about Justo Gallego. Justo Gallego, 86 years old farmer, is building a Cathedral alone since 50 years ago in a village close to Madrid. Without any knowledge on Architecture, without machines and without plans or any official support, every day works under the ideal of building a Temple to Christ. Beyond this extraordinary fact, arise the question about where are the limits of human being when find the strength of faith, in the broadest sense of the word. The main cupola has more than 40 meters high, and the cathedral has more than 8000 m2 sharing in 4 floors and a crypt. 50 years working every day for 12 hours. 2011 was the 50 anniversary when Justo started to built it, and people so prestigous like Norman Foster, defined this work as "the most extraordinary work that I have seen in my life".

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