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In Milan , in Italy , there is an old wall . On this wall , Leonardo da Vinci painted a famous picture . It is a very special work of art . Leonardo painted it between 1495 and 1498 . He wanted to paint slowly , so he used a dry technique . It was a mistake , and the colors soon started to fall off . In 1940 , war came to Italy . People in Milan worried about the famous picture . Workers covered the wall with sandbags and strong wood . On the night of 15 August 1943 , planes bombed Milan . A bomb destroyed the room of the painting . The roof and one big wall disappeared . But the wall of the Last Supper survived behind its sandbags . After the war , the painting was dark and very weak . From 1978 to 1999 , Pinin Brambilla Barcilon cleaned it , centimeter by centimeter . She worked for twenty - one years . Today , people visit in small groups of about 35 , for 15 minutes . In 1980 , UNESCO placed the church on its World Heritage list . The room today is new , but the wall is old . The Last Supper is still there , on the same wall . The sandbags and the quiet workers saved it .
