Serra San Bruno Charterhouse

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Serra San Bruno Charterhouse is a famous Carthusian monastery. The town is named after Saint Bruno of Cologne, who founded the Carthusian Order in 1053 and the Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the Carthusians, near Grenoble, in France. He built the charterhouse of Serra San Bruno in 1095, and died here in 1101.

Address
Via Certosa, Serra San Bruno, Italy

Established
1095

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