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Santa Maria delle Grazie

Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie

Santa Maria delle Grazie is a church and Dominican convent in Milan containing a Gothic nave and a Renaissance apse and drum; the convent refectory holds Leonardo da Vinci's mural The Last Supper. The complex combines late-medieval brickwork with Renaissance architectural elements and remains an active religious site and cultural centre.

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First raised

1401

Its prime

1498

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1498

What Santa Maria delle Grazie looked like in its prime.

A long red-brick Gothic aisle wall with tall narrow pointed windows and deeply set circular oculi below a multi-tiered Renaissance drum and lantern; the drum shows alternating pale plaster panels framed in brick, a decorative frieze, an upper open loggia of paired columns and rounded arches, green-tiled eaves and a small cylindrical lantern capped by a finial. Scale is urban and compact, with the drum rising directly from the transept and apse massing.

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7 places to explore in 1498.

The record describes 7 distinct spots at Santa Maria delle Grazie, including 5 interiors: gothic nave looking east toward the crossing, beneath the crossing and dome, refectory facing the last supper and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Approach along the southern aisleGothic nave looking east toward the crossingBeneath the crossing and domeRefectory facing The Last SupperOld Sacristy (Sacrestia vecchia)Small cloister and arcaded courtyardClose exterior view of the apse and drum

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