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

Certosa di Bologna The Certosa di Bologna is a former Carthusian monastery (or charterhouse) in Bologna, northern Italy, which was founded in 1334 and suppressed in 1797. In 1801 it became the city's Monumental Cemetery which would be much praised by Byron and other ...

, a former monastery which was turned into a monumental cemetery *

Certosa di Farneta Farneta Charterhouse, in Italian Certosa di Farneta (also Certosa di Santo Spirito di Farneta or Certosa di Maggiano) is a Carthusian monastery (charterhouse) just north of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. History The charterhouse was founded i ...

, near Lucca in Tuscany *

Certosa di Ferrara Ferrara Charterhouse ( it, Certosa di Ferrara), of which the present Church of San Cristoforo alla Certosa was previously the monastic church, is a former Charterhouse (monastery), charterhouse or Carthusian monastery built in Renaissance architect ...

* 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

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