The Sede dell’Università Cattolica rose out of the remains of the old Sant’Ambrogio monastery that was designed by Bramato in 1497. It can be found in Largo Agostino Gemelli next to the Piazza Sant’Ambrogio and the Tempio della Vittoria where the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is housed. The majestic refectory is now a schoolroom and dates back to the 16th Century and houses the huge fresco by Callisto Piazza of the ‘Weddings of Cana’. With the suppression of the monastery in 1797, the building became an army barracks and military hospital until 1921 when the Catholic University was founded.
