Check out the centennial church that has become an amazing skate park

What was supposed to be an advertised venue for a new business became the shelter of one of Ernesto Fernandéz Rey's greatest passions. He bought the church of Santa Barbara and, with the help of many creators, made a beautiful runway project a reality. skateboard. The place is in the city of Llanera, Spain.

The group of engaged skaters, dubbed the “church brigade, ” worked hard, but did a beautiful piece of work for the sports enthusiast. And the place proved appropriate because, as the official website of the so-called “La Iglesia Skate” points out, those in love with this sport take the practice as something stronger than religion.

Anyone who sees the skateboarding church as it stands today cannot imagine the work the whole team has done during the five years it took to complete the renovation. “When we started the project, the site was in ruins. There was dust everywhere, stains on the walls and the paint was peeling off, ”Rey said in an interview with The Guardian.

“La Iglesia Skate is where the passion for skateboarding and self-work reaches the sky, ” says the official website of the venture. Check out more images of the church before and after becoming a skate park in the gallery at the top of the text.

For every Sistine Chapel there is its own Michelangelo

As one of the most famous temples of the Catholic religion, the roof of the Skate Church has also been painstakingly decorated by a painter. Okuda San Miguel, a Madrid street artist, was delighted with the site by seeing some photos and offered to put his work on all the building's internal murals, including the ceiling and walls. Check out the video that shows the whole process of painting the skate church.

RED BULL X OKUDA ​​- Kaos Temple - from VIETNAM on Vimeo.

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