Almudena Cathedral, Madrid
It is a Catholic temple. Access is free. One of the Spanish cathedrals completed more recently. In fact, it was consecrated in 1993 and Pope John Paul II did it. So the only Spanish temple consecrated by a Pope. It is the place to celebrate real events: the wedding of Felipe VI with Letizia Ortiz. But also in it have been held state funerals to the ex-presidents Adolfo Suarez and Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo. The story of this Virgin is the following. The image of the virgin was discovered in the existing wall, once abandoned by the Arabs. That's why it's called the Almudena. Then a small church was built in the year 1085 by King Alfonso VI and it had to be destroyed many years later for urban reasons, to expand the main street. Queen Maria de la Mercedes was very devoted to her and promoted her construction in the reign of her husband King Alonso XII, beginning its construction in 1885. The architectural project has undergone many modifications since its initial ...
