Address

Via Garegnano 28 Milano

Admission

Free entrance

From Monday to Saturday from 9.30 to 12.00 and from 15.30 to 17.15

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The Certosa di Garegnano or Certosa di Milano is a Charterhouse located in the district of Garegnano, on the north-western outskirts of Milan.

The Charterhouse of Garegnano was founded in 1349 by the bishop of Milan Giovanni Visconti, it is famous because from here also Francesco Petrarca passed in 1357 who was pleasantly surprised by the feeling of peace and tranquility that was breathed.

The Certosa di Milano has an elliptical entrance that leads to the church of Santa Maria Assunta, inside there are the frescoes by Daniele Crespi dating back to 1629, and which are among his most sought after and complex works. There are also frescoes by Bernardo Zenale and Simone Peterzano, the master of Caravaggio. The frescoes are so beautiful and evocative that the Certosa di Garegnano has even been nicknamed “Sistine Chapel in Milan”.

The Charterhouse was in danger for years, for it was granted in pieces to several owners who used it as residences for farmers who took care of the land around. Thanks to the intervention of Don Filippo Premoli, the parish priest of the village of Garegnano, the Certosa returned to the Church, in 1783 the parish of Garegnano was installed in the spaces of the monastery and became the Santa Maria Assunta in Certosa. Famous people such as the aforementioned Petrarca have passed from the Certosa di Milano, as well as San Bernardino da Siena, Filippo IV of Spain and Lord Byron.

The Certosa di Garegnano can be reached by taxi, walk from the Uruguay stop of the MM1 with a nice walk, or by taking the number 14 tram from the city center (ask the driver to show you the nearest stop).