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During the first half of XIXth century, marquess Canonici planned and built around San Cristoforo's Church the structures of the "municipal cemetery" or "Certosa's holy meadow", like citizens of Ferrara simlpy use to call their last resting place. It was planned as a whole of cloisters, even called "claustri", meant to occupy a wide area, using the existing ancient buildings of the old monastery and reserving free areas for "poor" burials, whereas the places under the arches were reserved for "rich" burials. The extraordinary peculiarity of both cemeterial areas is that of offering a privileged possibility to watch and understand Ferrara; from this point of view its Castle towers, its bell towers and its monuments are visible, in a virtual link with these places of great suggestion, almost painting a profile: the "face of Ferrara".

Points of interest

The Cloister

St. Cristofol outside

St. Cristofol inside