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  • Watch Online / The cathedral of Don Justo (2016)



    Desc: The cathedral of Don Justo: Directed by Petra Buda. Somewhere I had seen a picture of two towers, the staircases within were leading to the sky, the towers not yet finished and the steps ending nowhere. I wanted to see the whole building and therefore I came to Mejorada del Campo. It was two days before Christmas and I met Justo in his cathedral baking potatoes in his open fireplace. When he recognized me with my camera, he was a bit annoyed, but after some time we sat together by the chimney eating the delicious potatoes. At the age of 27 Justo Gallego Martinez entered the Monastery of Santa Maria de la Huerta. After some years he felt ill with tuberculosis and he was forced to leave the community for fear he might contaminate the others. Back to Mejorada del Campo he decided to build, on farmland belonging to his family, an offering to God. On the 12th October 1961 Justo took a spade and started to excavate the foundations in order to realize his vision. With no architectural knowledge and no form of license. Almost single-handedly. During the first years, people thought he was crazy. Different mayors sent different construction engineers to find material deficiency or any other reason to stop the building work. In vain. The construction was perfect, the cathedral was built for eternity. Today Don Justo is 90 years old. He is still working every day since 55 years.