Certosa

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Certosa is the Italian name for Charterhouse, which is the monastery of a cloistered order, the Carthusian or the Order of St. Bruno. Living typically in rooms arrayed around a cloister, they led both a eremitic and cenobitic, dedicated to inward prayer, and generally accepting vows of silence. There were monasteries thoughout Europe the original Chartreuse in France, and Cartuja (Spain). The order still exists, albeit in reduced numbers when compared to yore. There were a number of famous certosi in Italy, including:


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