Santa Maria delle Grazie - central nave
On the inside it is immediately possible to distinguish the two parts. The Gothic legacy is visible in the nave, side aisles and chapels and is decorated by master painters: frescoes by Butinone, del Montorfano and Gaudenzio Ferrari, paintings by Marco d'Oggiono and Paris Bordon. The extensive luminous space around the presbytery inspired by Bramante under the dome is manifestly monumental Classical style enhanced by the marvellous polychrome ornamentation and graffito. Above the choir in inlaid wood dating from the end of the 15th century is a splendid umbrella vault. The raised altar area leads to the parts of the convent, renovated by Bramante, that can be visited: the delicate small cloister from which there is a striking view over the presbytery and "Sagrestia Vecchia"(old sacristy) a rectangular ambience lined with inlaid, painted cupboards dating from the Renaissance under a vault frescoed with a design of Leonardesque knots. The portal from the cloister has an inlaid wooden door and lunette frescoed by Bramantino.
