📸: @stillsanam 📌 Catedral de la Almudena 🌎 Madrid, Spain 📝 Almudena Cathedral is a Catholic church in Madrid, Spain. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid. The cathedral was consecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1993. Francisco de Cubas, the Marquis of Cubas, designed and directed the construction in a Gothic revival style. Construction began in 1879 but was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War. The site layed abandoned until 1950, when Fernando Chueca Goitia adapted the plans of de Cubas to a baroque exterior to match the grey and white façade of the Palacio Real that stands directly opposite. The cathedral was completed in 1993, when it was consecrated by Pope John Paul II. On 22 May 2004, the marriage of King Felipe VI, then crown prince, to Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano took place at the cathedral.