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Certosa di Pavia
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The Certosa di Pavia is a monastery and complex
in Lombardy, northern Italy, situated near a
small town of the same name in the Province of
Pavia, 8 km north of Pavia. Built in 1396-1495,
it was once located on the border of a large
hunting park belonging to the Visconti family of
Milan, of which today only scattered parts
remain. It is one of the largest monasteries in
Italy. Certosa is the Italian name for a house 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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The entrance
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The entrance
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The entrance
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The façade of the church is famous for its
exuberant decorations, typical of Lombard
architecture, every part being decorated with
reliefs, inlaid marble and statues. Sculptors who
worked on it include Cristoforo Mantegazza and
Giovanni Antonio Amadeo himself. In addition to
applied sculpture, the facade itself has a rich
sculptural quality because of the contrast
between richly textured surfaces, projecting
buttresses, horizontal courses and arched
openings, some of which are shadowed, while those
in the small belfries are open to the sky.
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Gian Galeazzo Visconti, hereditary lord and first
Duke of Milan, commissioned the building of the
Certosa to the architect Marco Solari,
inaugurating the works and laying the foundation
stone on August 27, 1396, as recorded by a
bas-relief on the facade. The location was
strategically chosen midway between Milan and
Pavia, the second city of the Duchy, where the
Duke held his court.
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The church was designed as a grand structure with
a nave and two aisles, a type unusual for the
Carthusian Order.
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The church was consecrated on May 3, 1497. The
lower part of the façade was not completed until
1507.
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Details from the lower part of the façade
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Details from the lower part of the façade
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Details from the lower part of the façade
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Details from the lower part of the façade
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La fondazione della Certosa di Pavia Marble,
detail of ornamental bas-relief façade about
1494-1497
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La fondazione della Certosa di Pavia Marble,
detail of ornamental bas-relief façade about
1494-1497
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details of ornamental bas-relief
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details of ornamental bas-relief
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The church, the last edifice of the complex to be
built, was to be the family mausoleum of the
Visconti.
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Tomb of Ludovico il Moro and Beatrice d'Este by
Cristoforo Solari.
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Tomb of Ludovico Sforza (The Moor), 7th Duke of
Milan (1452 -1508)), and his wife Beatrice d'Este
on the North side of the transept
The coat of arms of the Visconti family, showing
a snake swallowing a Saracen (Arab).
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