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 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 * Ce ...

, near Florence in Tuscany *

Certosa di Padula Padula Charterhouse, in Italian Certosa di Padula (or ''Certosa di San Lorenzo di Padula''), is a large Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, located in the town of Padula, in the Cilento National Park, in Southern Italy. It is a World Herita ...

, near Salerno in southern Italy *

Certosa di Parma The Certosa di Parma (''Certosa di San Girolamo'') is a former Carthusian Monastery located in the outskirts of Parma. The first Carthusian monastery at the site was constructed from 1285 to 1304, by the initiative of the archbishop of Spoleto, Rola ...

Certosa di Pavia The Certosa di Pavia is a monastery and complex in Lombardy, Northern Italy, situated near a small town of the same name in the Province of Pavia, north of Pavia. Built in 1396–1495, it was once located on the border of a large hunting ...

Certosa di Pavia (comune) Certosa di Pavia ( Pavese dialect: ''Certusa dè Pavia'' or ''la Certùsa'') is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Pavia, Lombardy. It is named after the Certosa di Pavia, a large monastery around which the town grew up. As of ...

, a small town in Lombardy near to, and named after the monastery *

Certosa di San Martino The ("Charterhouse of St. Martin") is a former monastery complex, now a museum, in Naples, southern Italy. Along with Castel Sant'Elmo that stands beside it, this is the most visible landmark of the city, perched atop the Vomero hill that command ...

, a former monastery complex, now a museum, in Naples *

La Certosa La Certosa (Italian: ''Isola della Certosa'') is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It is located north-east of Venice, fewer than from San Pietro di Castello and little more than from the Venice Lido. A channel separates it ...

, an island near Venice

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