For nearly 50 years, in a suburb of Madrid in Spain, an old monk has been building a cathedral out of junk.
The structure is almost complete, and currently stands at around 131 feet tall. 85 year old Justo Gallego, known locally as Don Justo, has been collecting discarded building materials, such as broken bricks and tiles, every morning them and using them in the creation of his epic cathedral. Other building materials used in the cathedral’s creation include old oil drums and cut-up plastic food containers. The central dome itself took over two decades to build.
Gallego has no experience as a builder, and given the materials he’s using, the cathedral is likely in violation of plenty of building codes. But the local township has tolerated the structure, in large part because of the tourism it brings in.
Via the BBC
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