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Churches in Pavia: Certosa Di Pavia, San Pietro in Ciel D'Oro, San Michele Maggiore, Santa Maria del Carmine, Pavia, Santa Maria Di Canepanova

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Description:Chapters: Certosa Di Pavia, San Pietro in Ciel D'oro, San Michele Maggiore, Santa Maria Del Carmine, Pavia, Santa Maria Di Canepanova. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Certosa di Pavia Gra-Car ("Charterhouse of Pavia - Gratiarum Chartusia"), Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Grace, is a monastery and complex in Lombardy, northern Italy, situated near a small town of the same name in the Province of Pavia, 8 km north of Pavia. Built in 1396-1495, It was once located on the border of a large hunting park belonging to the Visconti family of Milan, of which today only scattered parts remain. Certosa is the Italian name for a house of the cloistered monastic order of Carthusians founded by St. Bruno in 1044 at Grande Chartreuse. Though the Carthusians in their early centuries were known for their seclusion and asceticism and the plainness of their architecture, the Certosa is renowned for the exuberance of its architecture, in both the Gothic and Renaissance styles, and for its collection of artworks which are particularly representative of the region. The interior of the church.Gian Galeazzo Visconti, hereditary lord and first Duke of Milan, commissioned the building of the Certosa to the architect Marco Solari, inaugurating the works and laying the foundation stone on August 27, 1396, as recorded by a bas-relief on the facade. The location was strategically chosen midway between Milan and Pavia, the second city of the Duchy, where the Duke held his court. The church, the last edifice of the complex to be built, was to be the family mausoleum of the Visconti. It was designed as a grand structure with a nave and two aisles, a type unusual for the Carthusian Order. The nave, in the Gothic style, was completed in 1465. However, since the...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=402012We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Churches in Pavia: Certosa Di Pavia, San Pietro in Ciel D'Oro, San Michele Maggiore, Santa Maria del Carmine, Pavia, Santa Maria Di Canepanova. To get started finding Churches in Pavia: Certosa Di Pavia, San Pietro in Ciel D'Oro, San Michele Maggiore, Santa Maria del Carmine, Pavia, Santa Maria Di Canepanova, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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26
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Release
2010
ISBN
1158594828

Churches in Pavia: Certosa Di Pavia, San Pietro in Ciel D'Oro, San Michele Maggiore, Santa Maria del Carmine, Pavia, Santa Maria Di Canepanova

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Description: Chapters: Certosa Di Pavia, San Pietro in Ciel D'oro, San Michele Maggiore, Santa Maria Del Carmine, Pavia, Santa Maria Di Canepanova. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Certosa di Pavia Gra-Car ("Charterhouse of Pavia - Gratiarum Chartusia"), Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Grace, is a monastery and complex in Lombardy, northern Italy, situated near a small town of the same name in the Province of Pavia, 8 km north of Pavia. Built in 1396-1495, It was once located on the border of a large hunting park belonging to the Visconti family of Milan, of which today only scattered parts remain. Certosa is the Italian name for a house of the cloistered monastic order of Carthusians founded by St. Bruno in 1044 at Grande Chartreuse. Though the Carthusians in their early centuries were known for their seclusion and asceticism and the plainness of their architecture, the Certosa is renowned for the exuberance of its architecture, in both the Gothic and Renaissance styles, and for its collection of artworks which are particularly representative of the region. The interior of the church.Gian Galeazzo Visconti, hereditary lord and first Duke of Milan, commissioned the building of the Certosa to the architect Marco Solari, inaugurating the works and laying the foundation stone on August 27, 1396, as recorded by a bas-relief on the facade. The location was strategically chosen midway between Milan and Pavia, the second city of the Duchy, where the Duke held his court. The church, the last edifice of the complex to be built, was to be the family mausoleum of the Visconti. It was designed as a grand structure with a nave and two aisles, a type unusual for the Carthusian Order. The nave, in the Gothic style, was completed in 1465. However, since the...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=402012We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Churches in Pavia: Certosa Di Pavia, San Pietro in Ciel D'Oro, San Michele Maggiore, Santa Maria del Carmine, Pavia, Santa Maria Di Canepanova. To get started finding Churches in Pavia: Certosa Di Pavia, San Pietro in Ciel D'Oro, San Michele Maggiore, Santa Maria del Carmine, Pavia, Santa Maria Di Canepanova, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
26
Format
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Publisher
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Release
2010
ISBN
1158594828

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