How Can a Cathedral Built From Trash Look So Beautiful? [Architecture]

The Queen will have Buckingham Palace, Nicholas Cage may own half of Europe’s castles , but Don Justo has this pretty cathedral of trash. He’s been building it in Madrid for 50-odd years now, and is sort of finished.

In fact, since he left his life as a monk 50 years ago and started building the cathedral (that’s modelled on St. Peter’s in Italy, together with the White House and other cathedrals and churches), he’s built it up to 131-feet high, and just should add a roof and a number of windows. Most of his building matter came from salvaged materials and junk, which he built up on his own land over 8,000sq/m along with his own two hands.

While most countries wouldn’t allow such building to happen without permission-especially not by someone lacking the required building qualifications-Madrid’s council has turned a blind eye to Don Justo’s cathedral. He is, however, pursing a permit so that visitors could come and worship in his Cathedral of Trash. [ BBC via Inhabitat ]

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