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At the Convent of Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper,’ Dominican Friars Still Live, Pray and Welcome Visitors
Dominican friars living beside The Last Supper face 15-minute access limits to the refectory due to preservation rules under regional museum management.
- At Santa Maria delle Grazie, a dozen priests and nine novices live and worship beside the Last Supper, managed by Italy's Regional Directorate of Museums of Lombardy.
- Leonardo da Vinci painted The Last Supper after a commission from Ludovico Sforza in the 1490s, and the refectory passed into state hands after the 18th century Napoleonic suppression.
- Preservation rules require requesting permission; visitors and friars can stay only 15 minutes inside the refectory‑museum, which often sells out and is closed Mondays.
- The Dominican community continues study, prayer and public ministry, offering confessions in multiple languages and hoping one day the old refectory will belong to them again, said Rev. Llewellyn Muscat, prior of the Dominican community.
- This contrast creates an unusual interface where friars and visitors experience strong emotional reactions, shaping cultural-heritage access and study spaces inside Santa Maria delle Grazie.
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At the convent of Leonardo’s 'Last Supper,' Dominican friars still live, pray and welcome visitors
The Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan is best known as the home of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.”
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