A liquid crystal display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first and a second substrate, and a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer. The first substrate has a pixel electrode and a first photo alignment film. The second substrate has a counter electrode and a second photo alignment film. Each pixel has a plurality of liquid crystal domains having different reference alignment directions. The plurality of liquid crystal domains include a first liquid crystal domain, the reference alignment direction of the first liquid crystal domain being a first direction. A portion of a plurality of edges of the pixel electrode that is close to the first liquid crystal domain includes a first edge portion, the angle between an azimuth angle direction perpendicular to the first edge portion and pointing toward the inside of the pixel electrode, and the first direction, being greater than 90°. A portion of a region near the first edge portion where the first edge portion intersects with a boundary between the first liquid crystal domain and another liquid crystal domain is referred to as a first bending region. The pixel electrode or the counter electrode has a first slit formed at or near the first bending region and extending substantially parallel to the first direction, and does not have a slit, except for the first slit, in a region near the first edge portion.