List of Carthusian monasteries

This is a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the Carthusian Order for monks and nuns, arranged by location under their present countries. Also listed are the "houses of refuge" used by the communities expelled from France in the early 20th century.

Since the establishment of the Carthusians in 1084 there have been more than 300 monastic foundations,[1] and this list aims to be complete. Dates of foundation and suppression are given where known. The 25 extant charterhouses, 19 for monks and 6 for nuns, are indicated by bold type.

La Grande Chartreuse, from which the Carthusian Order took its name, mother house of all charterhouses
Charterhouse at Jerez de la Frontera

Charterhouses

Argentina

Austria

Gaming Charterhouse, original building
Gaming Charterhouse

Belarus

Belgium

Brazil

Czech Republic

Denmark

France

Bosserville Charterhouse
La Verne Charterhouse
La Verne Charterhouse, ruins of a monk's house
Champmol Charterhouse, church portal
Le Glandier Charterhouse in Beyssac, about 1840
Champmol Charterhouse in Dijon

Germany

Former Carthusian church in Cologne, now St. Barbara's Church

Hungary

Ireland

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Italy

Farneta Charterhouse
Montebenedetto Charterhouse
Pavia Charterhouse

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Korea

Spain

Ruins of the Scala Dei Charterhouse, La Morera del Montsant
Miraflores Charterhouse, Burgos
Valldemossa Charterhouse, Majorca

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

England

Mount Grace Priory

Scotland

USA

Charterhouses for women

Belgium

France

Italy

South Korea

Spain

Notes

  1. Analecta Cartusiana website: see below
  2. originally intended to be founded in Kortrijk
  3. Musée de la Grande Chartreuse website
  4. La Correrie, the former lower monastery, is now the Museum of the Grande Chartreuse
  5. Aillons-Margériaz website: Aillon Charterhouse)
  6. Bonnefoy Charterhouse special interest website
  7. also known as Bompas Charterhouse
  8. construction started in 1562
  9. Bourbon Charterhouse
  10. Balades en Pays d'Opale website: Chartreuse Notre-Dame des Prés (French)
  11. Montrieux Charterhouse official website
  12. Chartreuse de Pomier website
  13. Maison St Bruno, Sélignac: website
  14. Minimal.Explorographies.com: history of the Chartreuse de Vauvert (French)
  15. now Fort Grossfürst Konstantin
  16. Kinaleghin: A Forgotten Irish Charterhouse of the Thirteenth Century Dom Andrew Gray The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Vol. 89, No. 1 (1959), pp. 35-58
  17. later used as the castle of the Kings of Sardinia
  18. sometimes given as Stola Dei
  19. the eponym of Stendhal's novel "La Chartreuse de Parme"
  20. the former Baths of Diocletian
  21. also known as Karthaus Charterhouse and Marienparadies Charterhouse
  22. named after the Carthusians, like the former German name, Karthaus
  23. now Świdwin, Poland
  24. because of the colour of its roof tiles
  25. Lapis Refugii Charterhouse website
  26. Pleterje Charterhouse website
  27. Cartuja de Miraflores official website
  28. La Lance Charterhouse official website
  29. founded at Hatherop, Gloucestershire. 1222, moved to Hinton in 1227
  30. St. Hugh's Charterhouse official website
  31. Diocese of Digne, Riez and Sisteron website: Reillanne Charterhouse

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