Serra San Bruno owes its origin to the Coming of monaco Bruno of Cologne, founder of the Order of the Carthusians, who devoted his life to seeking God in silence and solitude, and received the lands donated by Count Roger the Norman What today geographically identified come plateau of the Serre, for the construction of his hermitage, the Carthusian monastery of Santo Stefano del Bosco, first monastery in Italy and Europe according AFTER What Grenoble, France.

Area inside the Certosa you can visit a 2Museo2 where you can have as much information about the history of the Charterhouse, the monastery and the life of monks.