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‘God’s Crazy Bricklayer’: This Man Spent His Life Building a Cathedral by Hand—Check Out the Interiors
April 9, 2023
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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. Rather, Don Justo (his honorific name) was raised in a humble, devout…
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