The Last Supper (Santa Maria delle Grazie)

Museo del Cenacolo Vinciano · Santa Maria delle Grazie

Fifteen minutes, forty people: Leonardo's mural, if you can book it

⚠ Booking required; closed Mon

Hours

Tue–Sun 08:15–19:00 (last admission 18:45); closed Mondays, 1 January and 25 December

Tickets

Adults 25+ €15, ages 18–25 €2, under-18s free; everyone must book, even free tickets (cenacolovinciano.org). Free first Sunday of the month, released online at noon the Wednesday before, max 5 per person

Address

Piazza di Santa Maria delle Grazie 2; entrance to the old refectory is to the left of the church

From the church you pass through a series of glass airlock doors into the old monks' refectory, kept at a steady climate. One whole end wall is Leonardo's Last Supper: bigger than you expect, faded, yet the ripple of shock through the apostles at 'one of you will betray me' reads clearly. Montorfano's Crucifixion covers the opposite wall. Only 40 people go in at a time, for exactly 15 minutes, so the room stays hushed.