Marta del Río has been commissioned to create the mural paintings for this Cathedral

Unique and special

Built with his own hands by a humble, uneducated farmer.

Built with recycled materials and unusual architectural solutions.

Cathedral not consecrated as a religious building since the church does not recognize it as such.

International tourist monument.

Building built without plans whose extension is

4,700 square meters:

1 two-story central nave.

12 towers of 60 meters.

28 domes.

3 convention halls.

1 baptistery.

1 underground crypt.

1 cloister.

Multiform staircases.

Dependencies and offices.

Walls, pillars, columns, arches, and stained glass windows.

The feat of its construction has featured:

Aquarius advertising spot.

MoMA photography exhibition

This cathedral is poor and humble

as far as materials are concerned.

Its luxury lies in the pure faith with which it was elevated by its creator,

a man who lived, worked and died in it

in the most absolute austerity.

GALICIAN JUST

1925-2021 Spain.

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Uneducated farmer pioneer in the use of recycled materials.

He began building a cathedral on his own in 1961,

after being expelled from the Cistercian monastery of Santa María in Soria

due to tuberculosis.

He dedicated his entire life to building this unique work challenging

the established canons,

receiving sporadic help from volunteers who collaborated with him in his faith project.

He passed away at the age of 96

leaving an exemplary legacy currently managed by

MESSENGERS OF PEACE