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Narrate the Ferrara Certosa
Guided tour of the Monumental Certosa of Ferrara and San Cristoforo Church
Guided tours of the Monumental Certosa of Ferrara and San Cristoforo Church with a tourist guide enabled in collaboration with Itinerando and NaturalmenteArte.
The tours during 90 minutes, meeting point 15 minutes before departure at the entrance of San Cristoforo alla Certosa Church (CLICK HERE to see the map).
- Saturday 7th Dicember 2019 H 12.00
- Sunday 8th Dicember 2019 H 10.00
The Ferrara Charterhouse holds a unique place among Ferrara's vast range of monuments. It's place where memories of the past, masterpieces of secred art, and traces of the relationship between the city and the community lie enshrined, shrouded in silence, and enveloped in an atmosphere of peaceful meditation.
The Ferrara Charterhouse is an itinerant library of illustrious people and memorable personal stories. It is the resting place for the bodies of people who helped change the course of our society, leaving behind concrete actions and principles of beauty, like historiographers, document curators and archivists.
Also noteworthy is the presence of great artists, writers, painters of international level and very great directors.
Not to mention the men who made this journey possible: Duke Borso d'Este, who wanted to be solemnly entombed whitin the Charterhouse itself, and Ferdinando Canoni, the mind behind the manastery's transformation into the monumental cemetery of today.
During the itinerary you'll have the opportunity to admire magnificent busts and statues, little gems of funeral iconography.
The tour includes the interior of the Church of San Cristoforo alla Certosa, recently restored, a masterpiece by Biagio Rossetti, one of the greatest exponents of Renaissance architecture. Commissioned by Ercole I d'Este in 1498, it appears as a Latin cross, with a single nave and six side chapels, and is one of the most original works of the Renaissance in Ferrara.
The tours during 90 minutes, meeting point 15 minutes before departure at the entrance of San Cristoforo alla Certosa Church (CLICK HERE to see the map).
- Saturday 7th Dicember 2019 H 12.00
- Sunday 8th Dicember 2019 H 10.00
The Ferrara Charterhouse holds a unique place among Ferrara's vast range of monuments. It's place where memories of the past, masterpieces of secred art, and traces of the relationship between the city and the community lie enshrined, shrouded in silence, and enveloped in an atmosphere of peaceful meditation.
The Ferrara Charterhouse is an itinerant library of illustrious people and memorable personal stories. It is the resting place for the bodies of people who helped change the course of our society, leaving behind concrete actions and principles of beauty, like historiographers, document curators and archivists.
Also noteworthy is the presence of great artists, writers, painters of international level and very great directors.
Not to mention the men who made this journey possible: Duke Borso d'Este, who wanted to be solemnly entombed whitin the Charterhouse itself, and Ferdinando Canoni, the mind behind the manastery's transformation into the monumental cemetery of today.
During the itinerary you'll have the opportunity to admire magnificent busts and statues, little gems of funeral iconography.
The tour includes the interior of the Church of San Cristoforo alla Certosa, recently restored, a masterpiece by Biagio Rossetti, one of the greatest exponents of Renaissance architecture. Commissioned by Ercole I d'Este in 1498, it appears as a Latin cross, with a single nave and six side chapels, and is one of the most original works of the Renaissance in Ferrara.
Inside there are real masterpieces of sacred painting, works by Bastianino, Nicolò Roselli, Carlo Bononi.
