Photo Essay

Photos of Iglesia de la Vera Cruz

April 20, 2018 Craig Photo Essay, Photos

Built in the 12th c. by what is believed to be the Orden del Santo Sepulcro (Order of the Holy Sepulchre), Iglesia de la Vera Cruz (the Church of the True Cross) once housed what is believed to be a relic of Lignum Crucis, a splinter from the cross on which Jesus was crucified.

Photos from Santa María la Real de La Almudena

January 22, 2018 Craig Photo Essay, Photos

Madrid’s cathedral is pretty new as those things go. Consecrated in 1993 by John Paul II, construction on Santa María la Real de La Almudena began in 1883, with Madrid becoming an bishopric in 1884 (later an archbishopric in 1964).