What is your opinion about Catedral de la Almudena of Madrid?

Question

What is your opinion about Catedral de la Almudena of Madrid?

Answer 1

i have seen fancier ones

Answer 2

It's quite beautiful, and different from others Cathedrals that you can visit in the rest of Spain.

PS. The King who lose his wife was Alfonso XII, the project of that cathedral was made in XVI century by the King Felipe II (the same who ordered to build El Escorial), but finally it wasn't started until 1883 when the King Alfonso XII gave the space to build it thanks to his wife Mercedes who was a devote of the Virgin of La Almudena (and who later died and was buried firstly in El Escorial, but later was buried inside the Cathedral in year 2000)

Answer 3

I think it's a horribly sad story.

The first wife of the King who built it, Alfonso XII (or XIII?), Maria, died after a short time of being married (she was like a teenager). And he was madly in love with her. So, he married again and watned to build that cathedral to bury her and so that he could see her tomb from the palace, but his second wife refused to let him finish it. So It took like 100 years to finish and was only completed a few years ago. He even named his daughter with the second wife after his first wife.

It's beautiful, and sadder than the Taj Mahal.

Answer 4

I like it, many people say that it's a waste of space and money but i think it's nice and original on the inside.