ALMUDENA CATHEDRAL, Crypt
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- Author: STEFANO ZUFFI E DAVIDE TORTORELLA
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Language: English / USA
As you can see, the Crypt is preceded by a triple door with arches in a medieval style.
After having left a symbolic offering, you'll find yourself inside this impressive church in Neo-Romanesque style which is often overlooked by tourists, but also by the people of Madrid, in favor of the much more visible and famous main temple above ground.
This impressive underground crypt was the first room of the complex to be opened to the public in 1911. Its dimensions and its elongated cross shape reproduce those of the "mother-house" upstairs, although of course the ceiling is lower here....