Certosa di Pavia: Raking view down the loggia of the Grand Cloister
Date
Circa 1910
Location
Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries
Grand Cloister (Italian: Chiostro Grande) measures ca.125 x 100 meters around a central courtyard. Giangaleazzo Visconti, 1st Duke of Milan, founded the Carthusian monastery, the Certosa, in fulfilment of his wife's will of 1390. Work progressed slowly after Giangaleazzo's death in 1402, but Francesco Sforza revitalized the project after becoming Duke of Milan in 1450. Guiniforte Solari guided construction through the period of its most concentrated activity in the second half of the 15th century. The church was consecrated on 3 May 1497, although work continued until the French invasion of Lombardy in 1523, resuming on the façade only in 1550. The façade of the church is famous for its exuberant decorations, typical of Lombard architecture.
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