Almudena Cathedral is built in the shape of a Latin cross and has three naves. Once inside, we suggest you first turn right - to where the main entrance to the cathedral is located. Ironically, it opened only once in the entire history of this church - in 2004, when the wedding of Crown Prince Felipe and journalist Letizia Ortiz took place here. However, despite the fact that these gates are closed to "ordinary mortals," it is still worth approaching them - to admire the beautiful organ created by craftsmen from Barcelona.
Next, you can continue toward the altar, peeking into all the accessible chapels along the way. Most of them are dedicated to various Catholic saints, but some still do not have any decoration.
The transept, that is, the cathedral's transverse nave, has two wings. In the right one there is the altarpiece by Juan of Burgundy from the early 16th century and a figure of Our Lady of Almudena from the same period. And in the left one there is the painting "Immaculate with Flor de Lis," made on plaster in the 16th century.
In the ambulatory you will find the paintings "Recumbent Christ" by Juan de Avalos and "The Disrobing of Christ" by Francisco Rizi.
Directly opposite the main entrance is an altar created from green Granada marble. Interestingly, its decor is more reminiscent of the Byzantine or Orthodox style, and not the Catholic style at all. This is explained by the fact that Kiko Argueyes worked on the cathedral's interior, and he spent a long time studying Orthodox icon painting, including that of Andrei Rublev.
