Madrid - San Francisco el Grande 
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The Church of San Francisco el Grande was built for an old-established Franciscan friary. The design for the church, which was begun in 1761, was produced by Fray Francisco Cabezas, who took as his model Carlo Fontana's Church of Santa Maria in Campitel in Rome. In 1770 Francisco Sabatini, Charles III's favorite architect, took over the direction of the project, and the Neo-Classical facade is his work.
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The interior - on a circular plan, with a dome and six chapels - has paintings by Maella, Francisco Bayeu, González Velázquez and Goya. In the first chapel on the left are Goya's "San Bernardino", González Velázquez's "St Bonaventure" and "The Appearance of the Virgin to St Anthony". The church also contains numerous other works of art, including a "St Bonaventure" ascribed to Zurbarán, a "St Francis" by Alonso Cano and stalls from the Convent of El Paular.
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Address:
Real Basilica de San Francisco el Grande, Plaza de San Francisco el Grande, E-28005 Madrid, Spain
Hours:
11am-1pm, 4pm-7pm
Tips: Sundays and Mondays open only for worship.
Transit: Metro: La Latina; Bus: 3, 60, 148.
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