The Certosa di Pavia is a jewel of the Renaissance, one of the largest monasteries in Italy, situated 20 km south of Milan. It was built in the fifteenth century (1396-1495) by the Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, within a large hunting park belonging to the Visconti family.

It contains architectural and artistic contributions of different masters of the time, by Bernardo da Venezia, its original designer, Solari, Antonio Amadeo, Lombardi and others.

Originally given to the Carthusian community, after the unification of the Kingdom of Itlay the  Charterhouse was declared a national monument in 1866 and acquired as state property. Since 1968, houses a small Cistercian monastic community.

REA has worked on several occasions in recent years in this extraordinary monument, in projects of security and investigations on the conservation status of the various parts of the monastic complex. In particular, we worked on the main transept, to verify the static and the safety of some plastic elements that were in danger of falling. Other interventions were on terracotta decorated chimneys and a security project at the base of the cupola, outside.