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The Last Supper (Santa Maria delle Grazie)
Leonardo da Vinci's iconic mural painting of the Last Supper, housed in the refectory of a Dominican convent in Milan.
1 km · about 5 min drive
Lombardy, Italy · Europe
Brera works well as a base: 10 minutes from Quartiere Otto, 1km from Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano).
Brera is a town located in Lombardy, Italy. With a population of 18,492, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Brera sits in Italy, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Rome time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Brera to your route.
The Monument to Francesco Hayez is a bronze sculpture on a plinth located in piazzetta Brera (a small park just south of the main facade of the Brera Academy in Milan, Italy. The statue was commissioned in 1884, two years after the painter's death, from the sculptor Francesco Barzaghi, and inaugurated on 10 FebruaryRead more
1890, on the seventh anniversary of his death.
The plinth of the statue has two bas-reliefs in bronze depicting two of best known paintings: The Kiss and Le Veneziane (also known as La vendetta d'una rivale and one painting in the Revenge Triptych). Hayez is depicted standing in the act of painting with a brush. The inauguration was attended by Hayez's friends, Tranquillo Cremona and Luigi Bisi, and by Giuseppe Mongeri and the count Francesco Sebregondi, secretary of the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, as well as Hayez's widow, Angiolina Rossi. The main speech was given by the academy's president Emilio Visconti Venosta. Attending the ceremony were representatives from academies of Venice (Cavalieri Iacopo d'Andrea, professor of painting; Giacomo Franco, professor of architecture and director of the Royal Institute of Fine Arts; and Giuseppe Soranzo); Florence (Professor Camillo Boito); Turin (Professor Bartolomeo Giuliani); Bologna (engineer Solmi); Bergamo (Count Gianforte Suardi; and Rome (Senator Tullo Massarani and professor Giuseppe Bertini).
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Brera is located in Lombardy, Italy, Europe. The coordinates are 45.4715 latitude, 9.1876 longitude.
Brera has a population of approximately 18,492 people, making it a town in Italy.
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Leonardo da Vinci's iconic mural painting of the Last Supper, housed in the refectory of a Dominican convent in Milan.
1 km · about 5 min drive
cathedral
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18 km · about 20 min drive
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