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Day 14 - Certosa di Pavia

17/8/2012

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Bus 95 to end of line Rogoredo train station about 15 on a nice new double decker train. Useful to recharge my iPhone as there are some electrical plugs available on the train. Gian Galeazzo Visconti founded this Carthusian Monstery in 1396. It became one of the great monuments of the Lo
Bard Rennaisance. After the 1782 suppression of the Carthusian order, it was abandoned, then inhabited for brief spells u til in 1968, the Cistersians moved in to stay. Currently there are 7 monks here.
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Facade - 15th century architecture undertaken on 1473-99 and in 1525.
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Ceiling of Church
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Ivory Triptych carved in 1400-1409 with 76 compartments and more than 100 tiny statues
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Small cloister
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Large cloister with individual cells for each monk, with a sitting room, bedroom and garden
We were not supposed to photograph hence the hurried and poor quality movies. There was a beautiful tomb there with carved likenesses of Ludovico il Moro and his wife Beatrice d'Este (he married well - the Estes were big in Ferrara and still have wine called after them). But the Duke ended up dying in exile in France and Beatrice was buried in Santa Maria delle Gracie (last supper fame). The church strapped for cash sold the funerary monument to Certosa in 1564. Will take a photo of a postcard and add later. Striking funerary.
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