santa maria delle grazie
states: [italy]
category: cultural
year: 1980
location: Province of Milano, Lombardy
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 45.4658888900, 9.1705000000
last visited: 2023
unesco id: 93
world heritage site: 93
Santa Maria delle Grazie, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Italy, is a historic Dominican convent renowned for housing Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, "The Last Supper." This 15th-century mural, painted in the convent’s refectory, exemplifies Renaissance art and innovation. The site itself, a blend of Gothic and Renaissance architecture, reflects the cultural and artistic heritage of its time. Its global significance lies in this extraordinary fusion of art and history.
