Certosa di firenze le corbusier biography
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11 October 2018
If there is a place not to be missed close to Florence, it is the “Certosa del Galluzzo”, a Carthusian monastery in Florence located in the district of Galluzzo, on the road coming from Panzano in Chianti.
Founded in 1342 on Mount Acuto by the Florentine noble Niccolò Acciaiuoli at the confluence of the 2 rivers Ema and Greve, the Certosa del Galluzzo developed over the centuries thanks to the many gifts of benefactors.
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It followed the rules of the Carthusians, enacted in 1084 by Saint Bruno for the Monastery of the “Grande Chartreuse” in France which imposed it is located far from the city, in a place which must remain solitary and silent.
Dedicated to San Lorenzo martyr, it has been completed and embellished until the 16th century. Orcagna and Giovanni della Robbia stayed there, and the Certosa has been the refuge of Jacopo Carucci, detto il Pontormo during the plague that hit Florence in 1523.
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