Serra San Bruno


Serra San Bruno is a comune in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Vibo Valentia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,966 and an area of.
Close by is the famous Carthusian monastery, Serra San Bruno Charterhouse, around which the town grew up. The town is named after Saint Bruno of Cologne, who founded the Carthusian Order in 1053 and the Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the Carthusians, near Grenoble, in 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 Ninfo.
Serra San Bruno borders the following municipalities: Arena, Gerocarne, Mongiana, Spadola, Brognaturo, Simbario, Stilo.
The movie Le Quattro Volte was filmed in this town.

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