Certosa di Farneta

Historical Character Lucca, Italy

The Certosa di Farneta (or Certosa di Santo Spirito di Farneta or Certosa di Maggiano) is a cloistered Carthusian monastery just north of Lucca. The charterhouse was founded at the beginning of the 14th century. In the 17th century painters Giovanni Fondagna and Stefano Cassiani worked on the interior of the church, including the dome and two altarpieces. The monastery was suppressed by Napoleonic forces in 1809, only to be reoccupied later in the 19th century.