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Review:
The Certosa & Natural History Museum of Calci is situated in and old monastic complex. Visitors can tour the Natural History Museum, and with a museum ticket can also tour the old Carthusian monastery. Museum highlights include an intriguing collection of whale skeletons, collections of fossils and minerals, a section of dinosaurs, an aquarium of live fish, and an unusual collection of stuffed animals donated by a single hunter. Visitors can tour The Certosa, also known as the charterhouse or monastery, only on a guided tour. Highlights include ethereal pink or blue frescoes in the chapels, austere monks’ quarters with contemplative gardens, and palatial suites reserved for visiting nobility.
Via Roma, 79, 56011 Calci, Pisa, Italy, Phone: +39-050-93-84-30
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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