In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . Walls L?t^^ ,: i building of the great fortified monastery. Itschurch and cloisters, school-rooms and living quar-ters were built by Niccolo Acciajuoli, in the middleof the fourteenth century. The hill is called Monta- iguto, and the monastery was first known as the Cer- \tosa of Montaguto. Now it is called the Certosaof Galluzzo, from the village at its foot, or, more -often, the Certosa of the Val dKma, from the ^little stream that winds about the hill. Certosa is the name of any ,^-—?= monastery or clois- ; ter of the Carthu-
In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . Walls L?t^^ ,: i building of the great fortified monastery. Itschurch and cloisters, school-rooms and living quar-ters were built by Niccolo Acciajuoli, in the middleof the fourteenth century. The hill is called Monta- iguto, and the monastery was first known as the Cer- \tosa of Montaguto. Now it is called the Certosaof Galluzzo, from the village at its foot, or, more -often, the Certosa of the Val dKma, from the ^little stream that winds about the hill. Certosa is the name of any ,^-—?= monastery or clois- ; ter of the Carthu- >sian monkish order. .The few white- .robed monks, last ofnearly one hundred ^that formerly livedhere, whom the gov-ernment permits tofinish their silent ,lives in the monas- tery, serve as guides ;to the visitors, and ;help the imagination :in seeing the real iCertosa. They lead ione by devious ways ithrough church andcloisters, into smallchapels, and alongcool corridors, and into their own little rooms andgardens. There is much to see and a good deal. g^jiuuC Certosa has a beautiful cloistergarden, with a fascinating stonewell in its middle. San Miniato, Certosa, Sigiia 225 to feel. There are pictures and carved stalls; abeautiful cloister garden, with a fascinating stonewall in its middle; and always from the outer roomsthe reaching views out over the Ema and its valley,and across it to distant hills and scattered villages. Of all the artistic treasures of the Certosa, easilyfirst are the tomb reliefs of the Acciajuoli family inthe church, and reputed to be the work of AndreaOrcagna and Donatello. It is the figure in lowrelief of Cardinal Agnolo Acciajuoli in the chapelof S. Andrea that is attributed to Donatello, whilethe four tombs of the founder, Niccolo; his son, Lo-renzo; his sister, Lapa (wife of Manente Buondel-monte), and his father, are attributed to tombs are in excellent preservation, and thefigures, especially those of Lorenzo and of the Car-din
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