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Wikipedia: Santa María la Real de La Almudena is a Catholic cathedral in Madrid. When the capital of Spain was transferred from Toledo to Madrid in 1561, the seat of the Church in Spain remained in Toledo; so the new capital – unusually for a Catholic country – had no cathedral. Plans were discussed as early as the 16th century to build a cathedral in Madrid dedicated to the Virgin of Almudena, but construction did not begin until 1879.
![[North façade]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Almudena_Cathedral_01_s.jpg "North façade")
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![[Southeast view]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Almudena_Vista_de_sur_este_01_s.jpg "Southeast view")
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![[Interior, 'nave Cruz']](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Catedral_Almudena_s.jpg "Interior, 'nave Cruz'")
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![[Almudena Cathedral at night]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Almudena_Cathedral_at_night_s.jpg "Almudena Cathedral at night")
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![[Statue of Madonna and Child]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Almudena_Cathedral_05_s.jpg "Statue of Madonna and Child")
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