Saint Francisco the big thing

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Saint Francisco the big thing is a church that it finds in the city of Madrid in Spain.The place was busy previously for a Franciscan convent that, according to the legend, was founded for saint Francisco of Assisi in 1217. When Felipe II converted Madrid in capital of the kingdom, in 1561, the convent earned in wealth and importance, and it is named you guardian of the blessed places conquered for the crusaders.In 1760 , Carlos III arranged that the convent is replaced for a neoclassic basilica. The architect Francisco Cabezas designed a too much dome of 33 ms of diameter, but the works had to be suspended in 1768 due to the complications generated for similar proportions. The work was to finish by Francesco Sabatini in 1784.In 1835, the authorities disentailed the basilica and the destined to shelter a quarters of infantry; little years after thought about to him uses the as national pantheon. The franciscans could not return until 1926.Photographs taking for Zaqarbal, 17–IV–2006.http ://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_el_Grande_%28Madrid%29

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