The man who built a cathedral - a photo on Flickriver

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Don Justo looks his work and the tourists that walk arround with astonished faces. He seemed lost in his thoughts so I only took one shot as I didn't want to disturb him.
In the sixties Don Justo started to build a cathedral by himself, working alone. During 40 years he has been recycling rubble to do it. Now he is arround 80 years old, every morning at 8:00 he arrives with his bicycle to continue working on  his cathedral. At the beginning people laugh off him, and they said he was mad. Nowadays people is astonished with his work and a lot of people (myself, for example) have a deep respect for this man.
Some months ago Don Justo become famous here in Spain, because a multinational company (Aquarius, the Coca-Cola company) used his image and his cathedral for a TV spot. Foreign TV channels came to "Mejorada del Campo" the small village close to Madrid when he is building his cathedral, to film documentarys about Don Justo and his job. Hundreds of tourists, a lot coming from other countries, come every week to visit the cathedral. 
But Don Justo doesn't care to be famous. He is not interested in beeing rich. Every morning, he arrives with his old bycicle, his old and dirty clothes, just with one idea in mind.. to finish his cathedral.
   

Taken on: September 29, 2005

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