This monumental basilica of neoclassical style, near the popular neighborhood of La Latina, stands out for the artistic wealth that houses in its interior, with canvases by Goya or Zurbarán, as well as for its impressive dome, the largest in Spain and the fourth largest in Europe, after those of the Basilica of St. Peter and the Pantheon, both in Rome, and Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. The temple rises, according to tradition, on the land that was offered to St. Francis of Assisi after passing through Madrid in 1214 on his pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Declared a National Monument in 1980. 💡Curiosities Inside, there is a large collection of paintings by Spanish artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, such as Goya, Zurbarán, Casto Plasencia, Francisco Jover, Martínez Cubells, José del Castillo, Moreno Carbonero, Eugenio Oliva, Menéndez Pidal, González Velázquez, Gregorio Ferro, Gaspar Crayer, Vicente Carducci, Antonio Carnicero, Alonso Cano or Lucas Jordán, as well as outstanding sculptures made of white marble.
Calle San Buenaventura, Palacio, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain