Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia

The Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia (Last Supper) by Andrea del Castagno. (Photo by Jean Louis Mazieres)
The Sant'Apollonia Last Supper by Andrea del Castagno.

A gorgeous, hidden Last Supper fresco in Florence

A detail of the Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia (Last Supper) by Andrea del Castagno. (Photo by Jean Louis Mazieres)
A detail of the fresco.

There are no lines at this former convent and no crowds. Few people even know to ring the bell at the nondescript door.

What they're missing is an entire wall covered with the vibrant colors of Andrea del Castagno's masterful Last Supper (ca. 1450).

Castagno used his paint to create the rich marble panels that checkerboard the trompe-l'oeil walls and broke up the long white tablecloth with the dark figure of Judas the Betrayer, whose face is painted to resemble a satyr, an ancient symbol of evil.

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Via XXVII Aprile 1
tel. +39-055-238-8607
polomuseale.firenze.it

OPEN

Daily 8:30am–1:50pm
Closed 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sun and 2nd and 4th Mon of each month

ADMISSION

Free admission

TRANSPORT

Bus: 1, 6, 11, 14, 17, 23, 52, 54, 82; G
Hop-on/hop-off: Piazza Libertà Viale Matteotti (C), Libertà (A, B); Independenza (B)

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Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia
ADDRESS

Via XXVII Aprile 1.
tel. +39-055-238-8607
polomuseale.firenze.it

OPEN

Daily 8:30am–1:50pm
Closed 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sun and 2nd and 4th Mon of each month

ADMISSION

Free admission

TRANSPORT

Bus: 1, 6, 11, 14, 17, 23, 52, 54, 82; G
Hop-on/hop-off: Piazza Libertà Viale Matteotti (C), Libertà (A, B); Independenza (B)

TOURS


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