322 Route 47. BOLOGNA. Certosa.
About V2 M. beyond the Porta d'Azeglio (PL D, 7), on the
2nd road to the right, and near the Casa Minghetti, is situated the
church of S. Maria , called Mezzaratta , containing early Bolognese
frescoes of little interest to the ordinary traveller. About 3/4 M.
farther, on a height to the left of the road, rises S. Michele in
Bosco (1437), once an Olivetan monastery (suppressed in 1797).
In the church are remains of frescoes by Bagnacavallo and others.
The court is adorned with frescoes by the Carracci and their pupils,
from the history of St. Benedict and St. Cecilia, unfortunately much
injured. The monastery was converted into a royal chateau (Villa
Reale) in 1860, and is now an Orthopaedic Institute. Fine view
(cab, see p. 307). The visit to S. Michele may be combined with
that to the Certosa (see below), the whole round forming a beautiful
drive of about 2 hours.
Outside the Porta S. Isaia (PL A, 4), at the W. end of the
town , is situated the *Certosa (formerly a Carthusian monastery),
erected in 1335, and consecrated in 1801 as a Campo Santo. It
occupies the site of an old Etruscan burial-ground, discovered here
in 1869. The route to it is by the principal road from the gate; after
9 min. a cross indicates the way to the cemetery, which is reached
in 5 min. more. — From the Porta Saragozza the Campo Santo is
reached by following the arcades of the Madonna di S. Luca to the
point where they divide (see below) and then turning to the right.
— The custodian of the cemetery is well-informed (fee Y2-I fr.).
The church contains a few paintings by Elisabetta Sirani and others.
At the beginning of the Cloisters are ancient tombstones from suppressed
churches, arranged according to centuries: at the entrance 13th cent.,
then 15th on the right, 14th on the right (including monuments of pro¬
fessors with scenes from their lecture-rooms), and 16th on the left; in
the arcades modern monuments, most of them in marble, including figures
of Faith by Galletti and Grief by Monari. In the centre are the ordinary
graves. Among many illustrious names on the former are those of the
philologist Gaspar Garatoni (d. 1817) and the talented Clotilda Tambroni
(d. 1817; p. 308); the principal families of the town also possess vaults
here. Thus the monument of Letizia Mur at Pepoli (d. 1859), with a statue
of her father King Murat ('propugnatore dell' italica indipendenza'), exe¬
cuted by Vine. Vela. A rotunda here contains the busts of celebrated
professors of the present century, Mezzofanti, Galvani, Costa, Schiassi,
Mattel (teacher of Rossini), etc.
In the Via Saragozza, leading to the Porta Saragozza (PL B, 6)
in the S.W. corner of the town, stands, on the left, the Palazzo
Albergati (PL C, 6), built by Peruzzi in 1540. Outside the gate
lies the church of S. Giuseppe (PL A, 6), containing a S. Apollonia
by Marco Zoppo (altar-piece). On the Monte della Guardia, an
eminence 3M. to the S.W., of Bologna, rises the handsome pilgrim¬
age-church of the *Madonna di S. Luca, erected by Dotti in 1731,
so called from an ancient picture of the Virgin ascribed to St. Luke,
and brought from Constantinople in 1160. The hill is ascended by
a series of Arcades, consisting of 635 arches with numerous chapels,
constructed in 1676-1739, and l^M. in length. They begin a short
way beyond the gate an^ c^nd n branch to th« flnmno Santo (see
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