Animal friendship, Renzo Ferrante

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Photo “Animal friendship”, Renzo Ferrante, licence CC BY 2.0.

sono rimasti solo quattro monaci nell’antica Certosa ed ora l’Ordine ha deciso il loro trasferimento e la chiusura del monastero

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I primi monaci cistercensi arrivarono nel complesso religioso del XIV secolo nel 1958, in sostituzione dell’ordine certosino. In principio, la Certosa è rifiorita, per la formazione del giovane della confraternita a diventare sacerdoti, ma la vocazione è stata persa a poco a poco e nessuna generazione più giovane ha preso in mano le redini.

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Only four monks remain at Certosa di Galluzzo and their religious order has instructed them to leave by the end of the year.

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The first Cistercian monks moved into the fourteenth-century religious complex in 1958, replacing the Carthusian order. In the beginning, Certosa flourished, training the young brotherhood to become priests, but the vocation was lost gradually and no younger generation has taken over the reins.

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The days have become very hot in Florence,  we are coming to 40 degrees, but our guests can refresh in our pool in the garden of the Historical Residenza.

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