Events in Milan and surroundings: detail

From January 29 2008 to January 25 2009

Leonardo's Last Supper

In the refectory of the Domenican convent adjoining the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie,houses one of the world’s most celebrated works : Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper”.
Painted between 1494 and 1498 under the rule of Ludovico il Moro,Leonardo abandoning the traditional method of fresco painting,depicted the scene a “secco” on the wall of the refectory.
Bramante’s complex and architecture in the Church and the Leonardo’s Last Supper are symbolic of Milan’s Humanistic and Renaissance past.
The Church and Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie has been listed as part of Unesco’s Worldwide Heritage since 1980 and is an exceptional masterpiece of human creativity and genius.


Open all days (except Monday) from 8,00 till 18,30.
Obligatory booking Tl 0289421146


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