I checked around the forum search and nothing came up, so I am assuming that no one has ever posted this place. If so, my apologies.

One of my favorite unusual places in Madrid (actually, just outside of it) is the cathedral that a former monk named Justo Gallego is building in a nearby town east of Madrid called Mejorada del Campo. I have been there twice and love it.

Justo began building it I believe back in the 1960s and has been working on it ever since. Now he is something like 87 years old, but he still goes there every day. He's a friendly man and very approachable.

His cathedral is built mainly of recycled material and even though he's still got a ways to go, it is impressively more advanced than I ever expected.

Concern about the future of the building (especially when Justo passes away or is no longer able to continue) is an issue since the Church doesn't support his cause and he has built the think smack in the middle of the town without any building permit. Another factor may be determining just how sound the structure really is. But for the moment, it is still under construction.

Every year thousands of mainly foreign visitors come to admire and even help out. It's funny. The Spanish seem generally unimpressed for some reason.

I recommend seeing the place because it is one of a kind and a testimony to what a person can do when he has the drive to live his dream. And you can meet Justo himself!

The best way is by car...O'Donnell to the R3 and about ten minutes to the exit for Mejorada. YOu can see the blue frame of the dome rising from the town on your left as you approach the exit.

I'm sure there are buses too...but I'll have to get that info to you later.