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Santa Maria delle Grazie (\"Our Lady of Grace\") is a famous church and Dominican convent in Milan, included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites list. The church is also famous for the mural of the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, which is in the refectory of the convent. Read more
Commissioned by Ludovico di Moro and designed by Guiniforte Solari, this building was intended as a mausoleum for the Sforzesco dynasty, in which the remains of the duke and his wife, Beatrice d'Este, as well as others connected with the family, were to be laid to rest. The adjoining Dominican convent's cloister and sacristy were later renovated by Bramante. The refectory walls are home to Leonardo da Vinci's(1452-1519) Last Supper. Bramante's Read more
One of the world's most famous paintings, Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" (1495-97), is displayed here. Read more
What draws so many visitors to Milan is the Cenacolo Vinciano, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper. From 1495 to 1497 Leonardo painted this poignant portrayal of confusion and betrayal for the far wall of the refectory when this was a Dominican convent. Aldous Huxley called this fresco the "saddest work of art in the world," a comment in part on the deterioration that set in even Read more