The Royal chapel of San Antonio de La Florida is located in Madrid, on the right Bank of the river Manzanares, Glorieta. The chapel is a magnificent example of neoclassical architecture. It was built in the 18th century by order of king Carlos IV, who purchased the nearby Palace of La Florida and wished to be near his new ownership of the Church. The construction of the Church by architect Philip Fountain lasted from 1792 to 1798. The chapel of San Antonio-de-La Florida is unique in that it was painted by the outstanding Spanish painter Francisco Goya. The Royal couple who instructed the painter painting the Church, gave him complete freedom, and due to the fact that the Church belonged to the Royal court, Goya work was not controlled by the clergy and the Academy of fine arts. Their murals the artist created in the course of six months. The main theme chosen by the artist for murals, was the Miracle of St. Antonio of Padua.

In 1905 the chapel of San Antonio de La Florida was declared a national monument. In 1919, here the remains were transported to Goya. To save the greatest work of art – Goya frescoes of the chapel was turned into a Museum, and nearby in 1928, was built exactly the same Church for the parishioners.

Annually on the feast day of Saint Antonio, June 13, the chapel becomes a place of pilgrimage for many single women, each of whom come here to ask St. Antonio to help her find her other half.