Certosa Explained

Certosa is an Italian word meaning Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse. It may refer to:

• Certosa di Bologna, a former monastery which was turned into a monumental cemetery
• Certosa di Farneta, near Lucca in Tuscany
• Certosa di Ferrara
• Certosa del Galluzzo, near Florence in Tuscany
• Certosa di Padula, near Salerno in southern Italy
• Certosa di Parma
• Certosa di Pavia
• Certosa di Pavia (comune), a small town in Lombardy near to, and named after the monastery
• Certosa di San Martino, a former monastery complex, now a museum, in Naples
• La Certosa, an island near Venice

See also

• Charterhouse (monastery)
• List of Carthusian monasteries
• Pisa Charterhouse