The Lonely Planet describes the Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida as one of Madrid's most surprising secrets. This seemingly humble hermitage from the outside also houses the Panteón de Goya, which consists of two chapels where it is possible to see a Goya in its original setting. These paintings in particular were done at the request of Carlos IV in 1798.
Another point of interest inside the hermitage is that the painter himself was buried in front of the altar. Although he died in Bourdeaux, France in 1828 due to self-imposed exile, his remains were brought to Madrid in 1919. The only strange thing was that there was something missing from the skeleton - the head. Hmmm....
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