While painting the Last Supper, Leonardo would retire to his small vineyard across the road. After being badly damaged in the second world war, the vines are flourishing again and the house is open to visitors
You know how it is – after a hard day at work on a world-famous fresco, all you want is somewhere peaceful to relax with a glass of wine. Thanks to his patron, Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza, this is just what Leonardo da Vinci enjoyed for several years from 1498.
And today, after work by a family trust and wine geneticists, visitors to his Last Supper in Santa Maria delle Grazie basilica in Milan can then cross the road for a stroll in the genius’s vineyard.
Leonardo was deeply attached to his vineyard: in his will he left it to two of his servants
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