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| Certosa di Pavia | |
|---|---|
 Façade. | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Catholic |
| Province | Pavia |
| Year consecrated | 1497 |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Certosa di Pavia, Italy |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Church |
| Style | Gothic, Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque |
The Certosa di Pavia is a monastery complex in Lombardy, Northern Italy, situated near a small village of the same name in the Province of Pavia, 8 km (5.0 mi) north of Pavia. Built from 1396 to 1495, it was once located at the end of the Visconti Park a large hunting park and pleasure ground belonging to the Visconti dukes of Milan, of which today only scattered parts remain. It is one of the largest monasteries in Italy.
Certosa is the Italian translation of Charterhouse: a monastery of the cloistered monastic order of Carthusians founded by St. Bruno in 1044 at Grande Chartreuse. Though the Carthusians in their early centuries were known for their seclusion and asceticism and the plainness of their architecture, the Certosa is renowned for the exuberance of its architecture, in both the Gothic and Renaissance styles, and for its collection of artworks which are particularly representative of the region.
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