Cathedral of the Almudena

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Cathedral la
Almudena

Doña Isabel de Borbón, Felipe IV's wife, donated the money to build a cathedral dedicated to the Virgin of la Almudena in the 17th century. However, construction of the Almudena Cathedral did not start until 1883 and it was just consecrated in 1993.

 

 
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