Charterhouse of Vedana
Location: loc. Vedana – Municipality of Sospirolo (Bl)
Access: from the country hamlets of Ponte Mas (if you come from the road Belluno Agordo) and of Mis (from the road Feltre Belluno and from the provincial road "Pedemontana").
Environmental context - Description of the site: the complex is situated at the entrance of Val Cordevole and dominates the homonymous "masiere" (stony grounds), at an altitude of about 430m, on the slopes of Piz di Vedana dominating the complex. The position, of great landscape interest, meet the needs of isolation required by the Monastic Order. At about 10 km from Belluno, it lies within the administrative borders of the Municipality of Sospirolo and within the perimeter of the Park.
Building period: the works to build the Charterhouse began in 1456; in the years following 1882, the final enlargement and partial reconstruction works were carried out.
Architectural features: monastic complex of the Carthusian Order. The architectural structure reflects the aggregative features and the premises characterizing the Charterhouses, organized according to the severe "Customs" of the Fathers who, despite belonging to a community, live a rigorous isolation. The settlement model of the Charterhouse of Vedana is inspired to the dictates of an ideal plan probably by the Carthusian monk Antonio Arlotti, then adapted to the nature of the place and modified. The structures as we see them today are the fruit of a reconstruction and enlargement measure which took place in the years following 1882, when the complex was purchased by the Prosecutor of the Great Charterhouse of Pavia; the partial project is ascribed to the architect Francois Pichat. Great historical – architectural value.
