‘God’s Crazy Bricklayer’: This Man Spent His Life Building a Cathedral by Hand—Check Out the Interiors

‘God’s Crazy Bricklayer’: This Man Spent His Life Building a Cathedral by Hand—Check Out the Interiors
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Spaniard Justo Gallego Martinez (1925–2021) spent his entire life building a cathedral and he did it on his own. But this enigmatic man—who gained renown as “God’s crazy bricklayer”—from Mejorada del Campo, a small town close to Madrid, was not a lofty architect.

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Anna Mason is a writer based in England. She majored in literature and specializes in human interest, travel, lifestyle and content marketing. Anna enjoys storytelling, adventures, the Balearic sunshine and the Yorkshire rain.
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