Metropolitan Naples
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Certosa di San Martino

The Certosa di San Martino is a former monastery complex, now a , in , southern Italy. Along with that stands beside it, this is the most visible landmark of the city, perched atop the hill that commands the gulf.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: former Carthusian monastery in Naples, Italy
  • Also known as: “St. Martin’s Charterhouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Castel Sant’Elmo and Teatro di San Carlo.

Castle
Photo: Lalupa, CC BY 3.0.
Castel Sant'Elmo is a medieval fortress located on adjacent to the , overlooking , Italy. The name "Sant'Elmo" derives from a former 10th-century church dedicated to Sant'Erasmo, shortened to "Ermo" and, finally altered to "Elmo". is situated 220 metres west of Certosa di San Martino.

Theater building
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The Real , as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro San Carlo, is a historic opera house in , Italy, connected to the and adjacent to the . is situated 1 km southeast of Certosa di San Martino.

Church
Photo: Baku, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 170 metres southeast of Certosa di San Martino.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quartieri Spagnoli and Montecalvario.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jeroen Bennink, CC BY 2.0.
is an area of the city of , . The area, encompassing c. 800,000 square metres, consists of a grid of around eighteen streets by twelve, including a population of some 14,000 inhabitants.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of , southern Italy. The area centers roughly on the square called Piazza Carità and the metal monument to Salvo D'Acquisto at the northern end of the of the city; the area stretches along the main…

Suburb
is a quartiere or neighbourhood of , southern Italy, which includes many of the points of interest on the western side of the historic centre of the city, including the square and church of , the buildings along via Benedetto Croce and the square, Piazza .

Certosa di San Martino

Latitude
40.84309° or 40° 50′ 35″ north
Longitude
14.24183° or 14° 14′ 31″ east
Open location code
8FGPR6VR+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29403905
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q859732
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Certosa di San Martino” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Չերտոզա դի Սան Մարտինո”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çertoza-di-San-Martino”
  • Basque: “San Martinen kartusia”
  • Chinese: “圣玛蒂诺修道院”
  • Chinese: “圣马蒂诺修道院”
  • Croatian: “Certosa di San Martino”
  • Czech: “Cartusa di San Martino”
  • Czech: “Certosa di San Martino”
  • Czech: “Kartouza San Martino”
  • Czech: “Kartouza svatého Martina”
  • Dutch: “Kartuizerklooster San Martino”
  • Finnish: “Certosa di Santa Martino”
  • French: “Chartreuse de San Martino”
  • French: “chartreuse Saint-Martin de Naples”
  • French: “Chartreuse Saint-Martin de Naples”
  • French: “chartreuse Saint-Martin”
  • French: “Chartreuse San Martino”
  • German: “Certosa di San Martino”
  • Hungarian: “Certosa di San Martino”
  • Italian: “Certosa di San Martino (Napoli)”
  • Italian: “Certosa di San Martino”
  • Japanese: “サン・マルティーノ修道院”
  • Korean: “산 마르티노 수도원”
  • Neapolitan: “Munasterio ‘e San Martino”
  • Neapolitan: “Munasterio ’e San Martino”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Certosa di San Martino”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Martino-klosteret, Napoli”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Certosa di San Martino”
  • Portuguese: “Certosa di San Martino”
  • Romanian: “Certosa di San Martino”
  • Russian: “Чертоза-ди-Сан-Мартино”
  • Slovenian: “Kartuzija San Martino”
  • Spanish: “Cartuja de San Martino”
  • Spanish: “Certosa di San Martino”
  • Swedish: “Certosa di San Martino”
  • Tagalog: “Certosa di San Martino”
  • Thai: “Certosa di San Martino”
  • Thai: “San Martino”
  • Thai: “แชร์โตซาดีซันมาร์ตีโน”
  • Thai: “สำนักสงฆ์คาร์ทูเซียนแห่งซานมาร์ตีโน”
  • Thai: “สำนักสงฆ์ซานมาร์ตีโนแห่งเนเปิลส์”
  • Turkish: “Certosa di San Martino”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Largo San Martino and Belvedere San Martino.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Certosa di San Martino”. Photo: Pinotto992, Public domain.