Santa Maria delle Grazie (Holy Mary of Grace) is a church and Dominican convent in Milan, included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites list. The convent was completed in 1469, at the order of Duke of Milan Francesco I Sforza, but the church took more time. The next duke, Ludovico Sforza (known also as Ludovico il Moro), decided to have the church as the Sforza family burial place and rebuild the cloister and the apse (attributed to Donato Bramante) which were completed after 1490.The church contains the mural of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, which is in the refectory of the convent and depicts the moment after Jesus tells his disciples that one of them will betray him.The Santa Maria delle Grazie is famous also thanks to its architectural history, which resulted in an intriguing combination of Gothic and Renaissance design.
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