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Italy’s top city for tourism is taking steps to reopen some of its cultural sites to local residents, making them top priority visitors for the first time ever. The home of Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ mural is opening its doors to nearby residents for the first time since November. Santa Maria delle Grazie church is used to receiving It was closed to the public from February 26-June 9 and struck again by a second wave. Those that live in Milan usually have to wait weeks - if not months - behind the swathes of tourists the city attracts.

Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper’ reopens to public with short wait Charlene Pele Updated:  Tags:  Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved A woman admires Leonardo da Vinci's painting ' The Last Supper ', dating back to 1494-1498 and preserved at the ex-Renaissance refectory of the convent adjacent to the sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie church, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. 'Last Supper' reopened Tuesday to the public after closure due to COVID-19 lockdown measures. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) MILAN – COVID-19 restrictions have brought a novelty to art lovers:...

COVID-19 restrictions have brought a novelty to art lovers: The possibility of seeing Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper" without waiting in line, and with same-day tickets possible. Access to the masterpiece housed inside the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie resumed on Tuesday after the second closure of the pandemic, starting in November amid the virus' resurgence in the Northern Hemisphere's autumn. The famed mural was also closed to the public from February 26 until June 9, with the double closures resulting in an 80 per cent drop in visitors last year compared to the 20...