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LA CERTOSA DEL GALLUZZO
Between Impruneta and Florence on the top of the hill Monte
Acuto, you find the beautiful complex of Certosa del Galluzzo from
the 14th century, also called Certosa di Firenze, which absolutely
is worth a visit.
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was founded in 1342 by Niccolò Acciaiuoli and further on enlarged
and filled with holy artworks. The main building, finished in the
16th century, hosts an art museum with works among others, five lunettes
with Passion scenes painted by Pontormo. The Church of San Lorenzo,
founded in the 14th century, faces a magnificent square, while the
fascinating crypts of Tobia and Santa Maria feature several funeral
monuments. In the Convent there are works by Bendetto di Maiano and
Gerolamo della Robbia, while you find 66 busts in glazed earthenware
by the workshop of Giovanni della Robbia in the Renaissance Cloister.
From the beautiful cloister you get to the monks' cells, all with
a small anteroom, a small room which was used as dining room, a room,
a room on the upper floor, a small kitchen garden and a storing room.
The Certosian monks used to live in Certosa, but the Cistercian Benedectine
monks took it over in 1958.
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