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Certosa is the Italian name for
Charterhouse, which relates to the cloistered monastic order. The late
medieval (northern Italian
gothic)
Certosa of Pavia is noted for a highly decorated facade and church interior.
It contains a detailed bas-relief depiction of the founding on
27 August
1396 of the
structure by
Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351 - 1402).
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Photo (c) Luigino C.
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Ludovico the Moor Tumb - Photo (c) Marco Bonavoglia
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It contains the tomb of the first Duke of Milans of
Milanese,
Gian Galeazzo Visconti, and of despots such as
Ludovico Sforza ("The Moor"), 7th Duke of Milan (
1452
-1508 (46)),
and his wife
Beatrice d'Este.
In the church of the chartreuse there are also paintings and frescoes by
Perugino,
Bergognone,
Bernardino Luini,
Andrea Solari,
Cerano,
Morazzone,
Guercino,
Daniele Crespi and
Giulio Cesare Procaccini and sculptures by
Giovanni Antonio Amadeo and
Cristoforo Solari.
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One of the most magnificent of all monastic structures, it has been
maintained as a national monument since 1866. The church, forming its
nucleus, was begun in the style of the Italian Gothic in 1396 by Gian
Galeazzo Visconti, duke of Milan.
Little more than the nave was executed in this style, since the Renaissance,
diffusing its new taste, quickly dominated the design of the edifice. The
facade seems to have been begun in 1491 by a group of architects and
sculptors under the leadership of Giovanni Antonio Amadeo; it was finished
in the mid-16th cent.
Built of rich marbles and profusely ornamented with fine sculptural
decorations, the facade is one of the masterpieces of Renaissance decorative
design. The two large arcaded cloisters are of richly ornamented
terra-cotta. The main choir was badly damaged in World War II but was
restored between 1953 and 1959.
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