Museo nazionale della Certosa monumentale di Calci

Type:

Luoghi della cultura; Oggetto fisico

Category:

Religious buildings; Art museums

The Charterhouse, founded in 1366 thanks to the economic support of illustrious Pisan families, rises among the olive trees of Valgraziosa, rather isolated from the settelment of Calci from which there is about 1 Km. The convent is accessed by two avenues with a suggestive pedestrian path from which you can enjoy the prospective view of the double facade of the monumental complex. The most exterior, low, was destined for functions to which the inhabitants of the area could access: the pharmacy, the San Sebastiano’s chapel also said the women’s chapel, the parlor, and, separate from the courthouse whit its large green lawn, the façade of the real monastery in whose center it’s possibile to admire the spectacular façade of the church, covered in white marble, with a double ramp staircase and the tympanum with the statue of the Assumption among angels.

The monastery, cloistered monastery of St. Bruno’s Carthusian Order , was abolished during Napoleonic era before and Savoy then, but it was again inhabited by the monks until 1969, when they abandoned it definitively.

In the Charterhouse are open to the public the spaces devoted to the hermitic life, the large cloister along whose arms are arranged the 15 cells of the monks, one of which is open to the visit, the church and the chapels and the rooms where it was performed the Cenobitic life, as the refectory and the Chapter.

In the sacristy is exposed the Atlantic Bible, an extraordinary 12th century miniature code in four volumes; the visit ends with the granducal guesthouse, the cloister of the guesthouses, the painting’s galleries and the long corridors enriched by refined frescoes decorations.

The Charterhouse hosts the Natural History Museum of Pisa’s University, set up mainly in the monastery service areas: the magnificent barn, about 100 meters long, the oil mill,the laundries and the courtyards for agricultural activities.

The staff of Polo Museale della Toscana accompanies the visistors to monumental spaces of monastic complex. Reservations are required for groups of more than 15 people.

The Museum takes part in "Sunday at the Museum" initiative: free admission on the first Sunday of the month. No groups reservations are possible. Depending on the affluence, there may be waiting times.

* Timetables

From Tuesday to Saturday and the first Sunday of the month only scheduled accompanied visits at9.00am, 10.30am, 12.00pm, 1.30pm, 3.00pm, 4.30pm, 18.00pm

Friday and Saturday only scheduled accompanied visits at 1.30pm, 3.00pm, 4.30pm, 6.00pm
2nd,3rd, 4th, 5thsunday of the month and holidays only scheduledvisits at at9.00am, 10.30am, 12.00pm, 1.00pm

Closed on Monday,25th December and 1st January.

Reservations required for groups of 15 to 30 people. Larger groups, up to 50 people, will necessarily have to be accompanied by an external qualified guide.

It is suggested to buy the ticket at least 30 minutes before the visit starts.

Group bookings are not made on the first Sunday of the month and there may be waiting times in relation to visitor turnout.

Spatial coverage:

via Roma, 79 - 56011, Calci (Pisa), Toscana - Italia