Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan, Italy)

Santa Maria delle Grazie (Holy Mary of Grace in English) is a church and Dominican convent in Milan, Lombardy, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The convent contains the mural of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, which is in the refectory.

The Duke of Milan Francesco I Sforza ordered the construction of a Dominican convent and church at the site of a prior chapel dedicated to the Marian devotion of Saint Mary of the Graces. The main architect, Guiniforte Solari, designed the convent (the Gothic nave), which was completed by 1469. Construction of the church took decades. Duke Ludovico Sforza decided to have the church serve as the Sforza family burial site, and rebuilt the cloister and the apse, both completed after 1490. Ludovico's wife Beatrice was buried in the church in 1497.

In 1543, the Titian altarpiece depicting Christ receiving the crown of thorns was installed in the Chapel of the Holy Crown, located on the right of the nave. The painting, looted by French troops in 1797, is now in the Louvre. This chapel is frescoed with Stories of the Passion by Gaudenzio Ferrari. In the small cloister adjacent to the tribune near the door that leads to the sacristy is a fresco by Bramantino. The church also contained frescoes depicting the Resurrection and Passion by Bernardo Zenale.

The structure has a Gothic nave and a Renaissance-style apse and dome.

Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_delle_Grazie,_Milan

Milan (Milano in Italian) is the regional capital of Lombardy (Lombardia) and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome. In the 2020s, the city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.22 million residents. Milan is the economic capital of Italy and is one of the economic capitals of the European Union.

Milan is a major cultural center, with museums and art galleries that include some of the most important collections in the world. It also hosts numerous educational institutions, academies and universities. Founded around 590 B.C.E. under the name Medhelanon by a Celtic tribe belonging to the Insubres group and belonging to the Golasecca culture, it was conquered by the ancient Romans in 222 B.C.E., who latinized the name of the city into Mediolanum.

Today, Milan has been recognized as one of the world's four fashion capitals.

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Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie

Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

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