Certosa di Bologna, Monumental cemetery in Bologna, Italy.
The cemetery features extensive networks of covered walkways connecting multiple cloisters, chapels, and burial chambers within a former Carthusian monastery complex.
Originally established as a Carthusian monastery in 1334, the site transformed into a public cemetery in 1801 following Napoleonic reforms across northern Italy.
The cemetery holds numerous marble statues, neoclassical sculptures, and painted decorations created by Italian artists throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Guided tours organized by Associazione Amici della Certosa start at Via della Certosa 18, with advance reservations required by email.
The cemetery contains an Etruscan necropolis dating from the seventh to third centuries BCE, discovered during excavations in 1869.
Location: Bologna
Inception: 1801
Architects: Angelo Venturoli, Ercole Gasparini, Luigi Marchesini, Giuseppe Tubertini, Coriolano Monti, Antonio Zannoni, Filippo Buriani, Arturo Carpi, Enrico Casati, Roberto Cacciari
Part of: European Cemeteries Route
Address: via della Certosa 18 ‒ Bologna (BO) 40121
Phone: +39051204640
Email: nuovimusei@comune.bologna.it
Website: https://storiaememoriadibologna.it/la-certosa
GPS coordinates: 44.49741,11.30775
Latest update: May 27, 2025 13:24
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