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Former monk Justo Gallego Martinez has spent 50 years building a cathedral near Madrid.
For the last 50 years Justo Gallego Martinez has been building a cathedral with his own hands using recycled materials. The former monk lives inside his creation which lies just east of the Spanish capital Madrid. Guy Hedgecoe went to meet him.
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