The church of the Certosa di Pavia, designed by Giovanni and Guiniforte Solari as a grand structure with a nave and two aisles, a type unusual for the Carthusian Order, is the last edifice of the complex to be built; it is to serve as the family mausoleum of the Visconti.

The nave, in the Gothic style, is completed in 1465.

However, since the foundation, the Renaissance has spread in Italy, and the rest of the edifice is built according to the new style, redesigned by Guiniforte Solari and including some new cloisters.