The Church of São Francisco in Porto belongs to the Franciscans, who arrived in the city around 1223. A first small church and convent were begun about 1244, and in 1383 the friars started a larger church under the patronage of King Ferdinand I, finished about 1425. The article names no architect for the main church.
The infobox and text call it Gothic, and the article calls it the best example of Gothic architecture in Porto. The nave has three aisles, with a transept and an apse of three chapels. Diogo de Castilho designed the Manueline Chapel of St John the Baptist, built around 1534.
In the first half of the 18th century most interior surfaces were covered in gilded wood carving, which partly hides the medieval structure. A fire during the 1832 siege of Porto destroyed the old cloisters, and the Palácio da Bolsa was later built on their site. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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