The Obra Pía de los Santos Lugares (Pious Works in the Holy Land) is a non-profit State-owned entity under public law, attached to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation. In the Holy Land, it conducts a development cooperation programme in the areas of child protection, education, health, and preservation and restoration of cultural heritage. In Spain, the Obra Pía is the owner of the Royal Basilica-Museum of Saint Francis the Great and is responsible for its maintenance and the dissemination of its activities.