Ana zaune a cikin tsakiyar Madrid, Real Basílica de San Francisco el Grande yana ɗaya daga cikin wuraren aikin hajji mafi girma da ruhi a Spain. An sadaukar da shi ga Saint Francis na Assisi, wannan basilica neoclassical yana tsaye a matsayin shaida ga wahayi na allahntaka, fasaha mai tsarki, da kasancewar mala'iku. Dome mai ban sha'awa - mafi girma a Spain kuma mafi girma a cikin dukan Kiristendam - yana haifar da yanayi na sama wanda ke jawo mahajjata, masoyan fasaha, da masu neman ruhaniya daga ko'ina cikin duniya. Yayin da kake shiga ciki, nan da nan an lulluɓe ka cikin duniyar shiru mai tsarki da ɗaukakar allahntaka, inda haske ke zubowa ta manyan tagogi masu tabo, yana haskaka kyawawan zane-zane, ginshiƙan bagadai, da mala'iku masu sassaƙaƙe waɗanda ke jin daɗin kowane kusurwa.
Basilica tana hidima ba kawai a matsayin wurin bauta ba har ma a matsayin wuri mai zurfi na ruhaniya. Gida ce ga tarin zane-zane na addini na musamman, gami da ayyukan Goya, Zurbarán, da sauran mashahuran Mutanen Espanya, duk suna maimaita jigogi na ceto na Allah da jituwa ta sama. Mahajjata sau da yawa suna zuwa wannan wuri mai tsarki don haɗawa da tawali'u na Saint Francis da ƙarfin mala'iku da aka nuna a cikin ɗakunan sujada. Wurin da ke kewaye yana ƙarfafa tunani mai zurfi, yana mai da shi wuri mai kyau don addu'a, sabuntawa na ruhaniya, ko hutawa kawai a gaban tsarkakakku. Basilica tana karbar bakuncin Masallatai na yau da kullun, ikirari, da abubuwan liturgical na musamman, suna gayyatar masu aminci su shiga cikin waƙoƙin sadaukarwa a cikin ɗayan manyan abubuwan al'ajabi na gine-ginen Spain.
