Churches in Madrid - List of Monasteries in Madrid, Almudena Cathedral, San Jernimo El Real, San Sebastian Church, Madrid, San Cayetano Church (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: List of Monasteries in Madrid, Almudena Cathedral, San Jernimo El Real, San Sebastian Church, Madrid, San Cayetano Church, Madrid, Colegio Imperial de Madrid, San Gins, Madrid, Our Lady of Montserrat Church, Madrid, St. Michael's Basilica, Royal Chapel of St. Anthony of La Florida, San Francisco El Grande Basilica, Madrid, Church of Santa Barbara, Madrid, San Isidro Church, Madrid, Basilica of Our Father Jess de Medinaceli, Madrid, Basilica of Nuestra Seora de Atocha, San Pedro El Real, Madrid, San Andres Church, Madrid, San Nicolas de Los Servitas Church, Madrid. Excerpt: Almudena Cathedral Santa Mara la Real de La Almudena is a Catholic cathedral in Madrid . When the capital of Spain was transferred from Toledo to Madrid in 1561, the seat of the Church in Spain remained in Toledo; so the new capital unusually for a Catholic country had no cathedral. Plans were discussed as early as the 16th century to build a cathedral in Madrid dedicated to the Virgin of Almudena, but construction did not begin until 1879. Francisco de Cubas, the Marquis of Cubas, designed and directed the construction in a Gothic revival style. Construction ceased completely during the Spanish Civil War, and the project was abandoned until 1950, when Fernando Chueca Goitia adapted the plans of de Cubas to a neoclassical exterior to match the grey and white faade of the Palacio Real, which stands directly opposite. The cathedral was not completed until 1993, when it was consecrated by Pope John Paul II . On May 22, 2004, the marriage of Felipe, Prince of Asturias to Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano (known thereafter as Letizia, Princess of Asturias ) took place at the cathedral. The Neo-Gothic interior is uniquely modern, with chapels and statues of contemporary artists, in heretogeneous styles, from histor...