Serra San Bruno is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Vibo Valentia

Province of Vibo Valentia

The Province of Vibo Valentia is a province in the Calabria region of Italy, set up by a national law of 6 March 1992 which came into effect on 1 January 1996, and formerly part of the Province of Catanzaro...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Calabria

Calabria

Calabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....

, located about 40 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 25 km southeast of Vibo Valentia

Vibo Valentia

Vibo Valentia is a city and comune in the Calabria region of southern Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of the province of Vibo Valentia, and is an agricultural, commercial and tourist center . There are also several large manufacturing industries, including the tuna district of...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,966 and an area of 39.6 km².

Close by is the famous Carthusian

Carthusian

The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St. Bruno, is a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monastics. The order was founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns...

 monastery, Serra San Bruno Charterhouse (Certosa di San Stefano di Serra San Bruno), around which the town grew up. The town is named after Saint Bruno of Cologne

Bruno of Cologne

Saint Bruno of Cologne , the founder of the Carthusian Order, personally founded the order's first two communities...

, who founded the Carthusian Order in 1053 and the Grande Chartreuse

Grande Chartreuse

Grande Chartreuse is the head monastery of the Carthusian order. It is located in the Chartreuse Mountains, north of the city of Grenoble, in the commune of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse , France. Originally, the château belonged to the See of Grenoble...

, mother house of the Carthusians, near Grenoble

Grenoble

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...

, in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. He built the charterhouse of Serra San Bruno in 1095, and died here in 1101.

The municipality of Serra San Bruno contains the frazione

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivision) Ninfo.

Serra San Bruno borders the following municipalities: Arena

Arena (VV)

Arena is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 50 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 15 km southeast of Vibo Valentia...

, Gerocarne

Gerocarne

Gerocarne is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 50 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 15 km southeast of Vibo Valentia...

, Mongiana

Mongiana

Mongiana is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 50 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 25 km southeast of Vibo Valentia....

, Spadola

Spadola

Spadola is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 40 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 25 km southeast of Vibo Valentia...

, Brognaturo

Brognaturo

Brognaturo is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 40 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 25 km southeast of Vibo Valentia...

, Simbario

Simbario

Simbario is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about 40 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 20 km east of Vibo Valentia....

, Stilo

Stilo

Stilo is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Calabria, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is located 151 km from Reggio Calabria....

.

The movie Le quattro volte was filmed in this town.

External links

• www.comune.serrasanbruno.vv.it/