The little walk and quiet of the countryside Pavia was already a good way to be accompanied to the visit. To be fully introduced across the hall that was needed was that already see through her front arches precious Carthusian church, and enter the public square of this town. In order not to burn immediately visit with what I imagined was the highlight, the fifth sculpture of the facade of the church, I started to browse, the more his eyes with his feet, the fronts of the ducal palace and other buildings that defined this particular rectangle that welcomes us to the first pilgrims sui generis.
keep some 'away from a group of hikers Verona venerable age, who would become my friends to visit, I approached the church to enjoy the newly restored facade. Describe is not so easy to appreciate and do not require any intellectual effort. Even the thought of the joint effort and dedication of skilled sculptors and masons may be a sufficient reason to justify it. Workers, however, do not dump the cunning in their energy and resources to get the client to then return us a wonderful work unfinished. The band closest to the eye shines because of bas-reliefs and decorations of the best traditions of Lombardy, from the floral and geometric motifs that Lombardo and lead to Venice Codussi (think of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco and San Giovanni Evangelista) and romaneggianti medallions from the base that is ill-suited to a congregation of the Carthusians, but well suited to the dreams of military greatness of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, who promoted the building. The upper part, however, enhances the richness figurative sculpture in a comprehensive settlement of multicolored stones.
For, being left Milan in the morning alone, the temptation was great to stay the day in solitude and solitary continue the visit, I approached the group of hikers in the Venetian Church follows its input, slowly making me less suspicious to benefit from the guidance of the Cistercian monaco Brazilian welcomed him in the vaults of the nave up to the first chapels. Find a Cistercian is a little surprise for the site. The complex was born in fact to accept the Carthusian monks, religious, devoted to the cloister. Recently, however, with the crisis of vocations, the Carthusians left to the Cistercian monks who live according to the Rule of St. Benedict, the care of the place. While
dovendolo know how to craft, I do not dwell in describing the inside of the church because it guides one thousand would have done better than me. Is great interest in this environment in both the Assembly and in the choir area, valuable equipment in the large wooden benches of carved impressive but the environment is especially the great courtyard of the cells that reach out from the right side of the transept.
Protected by the long porch that contains an endless green rectangle captures the contemplative spirit of the Carthusian order. This small universe gives the order of geometry and silence the outside world has lost. To watch the great theory of arcs that run on encircle the large central lawn I was almost laughing at the scene which had opened up my day: I was looking for a new location of the ticket in the yard of the Central Station and follow restauranda I was reaching the interim directions followed closely by a nervous traveler apparent delay to the sound of oaths made its way. How far more evident in the island city of peace? The porch
tied together the monks' cells, in order to meet their strict vow of enclosure lived in small houses that would separate the throat of a modern property developer. In turn, these cells were a microcosm of ordering the life of Monaco, offering a place for the rest of his life, prayer, work, contemplation because the search for the posting was not tired but I walk.
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