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2 unusual facts about Certosa


Francesco da Sangallo

Other works include the effigy of Bishop Leonardo Bonafede, which lies on the pavement of the church of the Certosa near Florence, and the group of the Virgin and Child and St Anne, executed in 1526 for the altar of Orsanmichele.

Illyrian fibulae

A significant later import was the heavy brooch with a large arch and long arm named from the site of Certosa near Bologna.


Calci

Its main attraction is Pisa Charterhouse, also known as Calci Charterhouse (Certosa di Pisa or di Calci), which houses a natural history museum of the University of Pisa.

Gorgona Abbey

Gorgona Abbey, later Gorgona Charterhouse (Certosa di Gorgona), was a monastery on the small island of Gorgona in the Mediterranean between Corsica and the coast of Tuscany.

Samuel Woodforde

Two years later, Woodforde died of fever at Bologna where he is buried in the cemetery of La Certosa.


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