Cimitero Monumentale della Certosa di Ferrara

Coordinates: 44 ° 50 ′ 43.5 "  N , 11 ° 37 ′ 36.5"  E

San Cristoforo alla Certosa seen from the second cloister.

San Cristoforo alla Certosa seen from the first cloister

The Cimitero Monumentale della Certosa di Ferrara is the main cemetery of the city, located within the city ​​walls of Ferrara and belonging to the Addizione Erculea area.

history

View of the Certosa cemetery in 1969 in a photo by Paolo Monti .

The complex (which also includes the Church of San Cristoforo alla Certosa) was originally founded as a Carthusian monastery in 1452 on the initiative of Borso d'Este and, according to tradition, was built outside the city walls (at that time the city walls did not go further north than the axis that at that time it was taken by Corso della Giovecca). After the closure of the monastery, after the Napoleonic defeat, the monks were expelled and the buildings were used as military barracks. It was then bought by the Municipality of Ferrara and finally converted into a municipal cemetery from 1813.

The architect Ferdinando Canonici was responsible for the redesign of the site with the curved arcades that delimit the wide green lawn leading to San Cristoforo and the two main entrances to the cemetery. According to Carlo Bassi , the large green area in front of it is reminiscent of the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa . The monks' cells of the Carthusian monastery have been transformed into chapels over time and the entire complex was expanded in the thirties , fifties and seventies .

During the earthquake that shook the city of Ferrara on May 20 and 29, 2012, many parts of the historical structure were damaged and closed to the public due to the risk of collapse and therefore barricaded.

The nearby Jewish cemetery

First Gran Claustro, Famedio with grave of Borso d'Este

Not far from the Charterhouse, but also clearly separated from the road access, is the Jewish cemetery on Via delle Vigne, on which u. a. Giorgio Bassani , Renzo Ravenna and his son Paolo Ravenna are resting.

Famedio of Borso d'Este

The first large cloister , on the south side of the church of San Cristoforo alla Certosa, was built by Pietrobono Brasavola in about ten years from 1452, and his model of the arcades in the loggia was then taken up by the architect Canonici during his expansion work in the 19th century. In the middle, on the back, is the funerary monument of Borso d'Este. The sarcophagus from the 15th century. can be viewed today in the later built famedio . Next to it began an old country road that reached what is now Piazza Ariostea.

Famedio of those killed in war

On the north side of the church, by the walls, the second great cloister was built in the 1930s . It was designed by Carlo Savonuzzi in 1933 , but was not completed until after World War II . On August 20, 1956, work began on the construction of a Famedio, which was mainly intended for the fallen of the First and Second World War.

Memorial Chapel of the Fallen for Freedom

The memorial chapel is located in the second large cloister, near the Famedio of the fallen soldiers. On November 16, 2006, the ashes of Alda Costa were buried here. After the earthquake on May 20 and 29, 2012, the area was inaccessible for a long time.

Works of art and grave monuments of famous people

Tomb of Michelangelo Antonioni.

In the cemetery there are numerous grave monuments of important personalities or the work of famous artists.

• Tomb of Michelangelo Antonioni .
• Grave of Lyda Borelli
• First grave monument and new grave monument for Giovanni Boldini . The first was by Carlo Savonuzzi designed
• Grave monument for Leopoldo Cicognara , work by Antonio Canova .
• Tomb for Borso d'Este
• Tomb for Antonio Foschini
• Tomb for Luisa Gallotti Balboni
  

  Securing work on the cemetery after the 2012 earthquake
• Tomb for Corrado Govoni
• Tomb for Giuseppe Mentessi
• Tomb for Filippo de Pisis
• Tomb for Gaetano Previati
• Tomb with medallion by Mario Sarto .
• Tomb for Celio Calcagnini
• Tomb for Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo
• Tomb for Andrea Bolzoni
• Tomb for Teodoro Bonati
• Tomb for Carlo Mayr

Possible visits

On the Cimitero monumentale di Ferrara you can visit the tombs of personalities connected to the history of Ferrara, such as Giorgio Cini, Severino and Gustavo Navarra, Francesco Mayr, Giuseppe Agnelli, Carlo Grillenzoni, Gregorio Boari, Borso d'Este, Carlo Mayr Giulio Righini, Celio Calcagnini , Alda Costa, Fausto Beretta, Girolamo Savonuzzi and Ferdinando Canonici or writers, artists and cultural figures such as Giovanni Boldini , Michelangelo Antonioni , florestano vancini , Benvenuto Tisi , Gaetano Previati , Filippo De Pisis , Corrado Govoni , Antonio Boldini, Giuseppe Mazzolani, Giuseppe Mentessi , Antonio Foschini, Vincenzo Monti , Antonio Sturla and Lanfranco Caretti

Some graves are important from a historical, artistic, and religious point of view:

• Cell of the famous Ferraresi by Antonio Canova
• Funerary monument for Giovanni Battista Costabili Containi by Pietro Tenerari
• Bust of Francesco Bonaccioli by Camillo Torreggiani
• Cell Massari Zavaglia by Giulio Monteverde
• Tomb for Lilia Magnoni Monti by Vincenzo Consani
• Galloni tomb by Cesare Zocchi
• Tomb for Filippo Dotti by Camillo Torreggiani
• Tomb for Alessandro Strozzi by Giuseppe Maria Mazza
• Zagatti tomb by Pietro Arcangeli
• Funerary monument for Teodoro Bonati by Antonio d'Este
• Lattuga tomb by Luigi Legnani
• Vincenzo Bonetti tomb by Camillo Torreggiani
• Tomb del marchese Villa Lancellotti by Giacomo De Maria and Bartolomeo Ferrari
• Avogli Trotti tomb by Luigi Legnani
• Tomb for Paolo Bergami by Camillo Torreggiani
• Way of the Cross by Ulderico Fabbri
• Grave monument for Roberto Fabbri by Giovanni Pietro Ferrari
• Bust of Ambrogio Zuffi by Ambrogio Zuffi
• The Famedio of the Fallen by Carlo Savonuzzi

as well as the monuments on the lawn in front of the complex. There are also works and monuments by Pietro Canonica , Lorenzo Bartolini , Salvino Salvini , Leonardo Bistolfi (the angel in Forti's tomb and the bust of Giorgio Baruffaldi ), Arrigo Minerbi , Mario Sarto , Adolfo Magrini, Ciro Contini, Alfonso Borghesani, Libero Andreotti , Giuseppe Virgili, Enzo Nenci , Annibale Zucchini , Sergio Zanni , Maurizio Camerani and Mirella Guidetti Giacomelli as well as works by smaller artists, various decorators and sculptors.

Consequences of the 2012 earthquake

The charterhouse was also badly damaged in the 2012 earthquake.

The Church of San Cristoforo alla Certosa has been declared inaccessible and many areas have been closed to visitors due to the risk of collapse. As a result, work began on securing the entire complex.

The complex has been almost completely usable again since spring 2019.

literature

• Guido Armellini, Maria Cecchetti: … Come fa presto sera, o dolce madre, qui! - Itinerario pascoliano nelle Certose di Bologna e Ferrara . Ed .: Artegrafica Bolzonella. Padova 1984.
• Angelo Andreotti, Giovanni Guerzoni (eds.): Museo del silenzio - Memoria e simbolo nella Certosa di Ferrara . InterBooks, Padova 1988.
• Carlo Bassi : Ferrara rara: Perché Ferrara è bella . Archivio Cattaneo editore in Cernobbio, Cernobbio 2015, ISBN 978-88-98086-23-8 .
• Carla di Francesco (Ed.): Ferrara. La Certosa - Rilievi e Restauri . InterBooks, Padova 1992.
• Manuela Incerti (Ed.): La Certosa di Ferrara. Una città nella città - The configurazione dello spazio tra disegno e progetto . Bononia University Press, Bologna 2016, ISBN 978-88-6923-163-6 .
• Gerolamo Melchiorri: Nomenclatura ed etimologia delle piazze e strade di Ferrara e Ampliamenti . Ed .: Carlo Bassi . 2G Editrice, Ferrara 2009, ISBN 978-88-89248-21-8 .
• Giorgio Mantovani e Leopoldo Santini: Ferrara svelata . Ed .: 2G Editrice. Ferrara 2015, ISBN 978-88-89248-52-2 .
• Roberto Roda (ed.): Fra presenza e assenza - Ricerche fotografiche nella Certosa di Ferrara . InterBooks, Padova 1985.
• Roberto Roda, Renato Sitti (eds.): La Certosa di Ferrara . InterBooks, Padova 1985.
• Lucio Scardino, Antonio P. Torresi: Post Mortem - Disegni, decorazioni e sculture per la Certosa ottocentesca di Ferrara . Ed .: Liberty house. Ferrara 1998.

Web links

Commons : Cimitero Monumentale di Ferrara  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official site . certosadiferrara.it. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
• Certosa . Ferrara Terra e Acqua. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
• Gaetano Tumiati: Il miracolo Certosa . Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara # Fondazione della Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara. Retrieved June 4, 2020.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} C. Bassi 1, p. 209
2. ↑ Borso d'Este . ferraraterraeacqua.it / Provincia di Ferrara. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
3. ↑ G. Melchiorri, p. 33
4. ^ Gian Paolo Bertelli: Il Famedio dei caduti di Ferrara . Istituto Nazionale del Nastro Azzurro. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
5. ↑ Ferrara - 4th Famedio Militare . Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
6. ↑ Mantovani Santin, pp. 249,250
7. ^ Certosa . ferraratua.it. Archived from the original on June 29, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
8. ↑ FERRARIAE DECUS . lanuovaferrara.gelocal.it. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
9. ↑ Gian Domenico Romanelli:  Cicognara, Francesco Leopoldo. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 25:  Chinzer – Cirni. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1981.
10. ↑ Storie di Ferrara . Ferrara TUA. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
11. ↑ Le Sette Arti . Ferrara TUA. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
12. ↑ La sacra bellezza . Ferrara TUA. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
13. ^ Ranieri Varese: La scultura funeraria: dal Neoclassicismo al Naturalismo . In: Roberto Roda, Renato Sitta (eds.): La Certosa di Ferrara, Quaderni del Centro Etnografico Ferrarese . InterBooks, Padua 1985, p. 51-60 .
14. ↑ Lucio Scardino, Antonio P. Torresi: Post Mortem - Disegni, decorazioni e sculture per la Certosa ottocentesca di Ferrara . Liberty house, Ferrara 1998.
15. ↑ Lucio Scardino: Certosa 1885–1985: un percorso storico / artistico . In: Roberto Roda, Renato Sitta (eds.): La Certosa di Ferrara, Quaderni del Centro Etnografico Ferrarese . InterBooks, Padua 1985, p. 73-80 .