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San Francisco El Grande Basilica, Madrid, Spain

The Royal Basilica of San Francisco el Grande of Real Basílica de san Francisco el Grande is a Roman Catholic church in central Madrid, located in the Barrio (neighborhood) of La Latina. The main facade faces the Plaza of San Francisco, at the intersection of Bailén, the Gran Vía de san Francisco, and the Carrera de san Francisco. It forms part of the convent of Jesús y María of the Franciscan order. The convent was founded in the 13th century a the site of a chapel.
The basilica was designed in a Neoclassic style in the second half of the 18th century, based on a design by Francisco Cabezas, developed by Antonio Pló, and completed by Francesco Sabatini. The church contains paintings by Zurbarán y Goya. The temple once functioned as the National pantheon, and enshrined the remains of famous artists and politicians.

西班牙馬德里聖弗朗西斯科‧埃爾戈蘭德教堂始建于1761年，擁有世界上第四大穹頂。
教堂是在聖方濟會修道院舊址上建立起來的，傳說聖弗朗西斯科曾來到這里。最早設計教堂的是一位修士，建築大師薩巴蒂尼成功地解決了教堂穹頂的設計問題，並最終在1776年建成。教堂的收藏品種最重要的是戈雅的畫作《聖貝爾納爾蒂諾》。

References sources : wikipedia， 环游天下