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Certosa di Padula | |
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Type | Monastery |
Location | Padula, Campania, Italy |
Coordinates | 40°20′14″N 15°39′07″E / 40.33722°N 15.65194°E |
Official name | Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archaeological sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | iii, iv |
Designated | 1998 (22nd session) |
Reference no. | 842 |
Region | Europe and North America |
Padula Charterhouse, in Italian Certosa di Padula (or Certosa di San Lorenzo di Padula), is a large Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, located in the town of Padula, in the Cilento National Park, in Southern Italy. It is a World Heritage Site.
The monastery is the largest in Italy. Its building history covers 450 years, but the principal parts of the buildings are in Baroque style. It is a very large monastery, comprising 51,500 m2 (12.7 acres), with 320 rooms and halls.