Monasterio de la Cartuja de Cazalla
Key facts
- Type
- Monastery
- Religious order
- Carthusian
- Era
- 15th Century
- Architectural style
- Gothic-Renaissance
- Founded
- 1477
- Current status
- Restored (Cultural Center)
- Location
- Cazalla de la Sierra, Sevilla
- Province
- Sevilla
- Region
- Andalucía
A ruined Carthusian charterhouse in the Sierra Norte of Seville, now an atmospheric cultural center. Founded in the 15th century in the cork oak forests of the sierra.
Highlights
- Set in Sierra Norte cork oak forests
- Now a cultural and arts center
- Atmospheric partially ruined complex
- Carthusian contemplative architecture
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- La Cartuja de Granada — Carthusian, 16th Century. A Carthusian monastery famous for its extraordinary Baroque sacristy, considered one of the finest examples of Spanish Baroque art. Founded in 1506 on the site of a Moorish garden.
- San Isidoro del Campo — Cistercian, 14th Century. A fortified Cistercian monastery near Santiponce, founded by Guzmán el Bueno in 1301. Its Gothic cloister and remarkable murals make it one of the most important monastic complexes in Andalusia.
- Monasterio de la Rábida — Franciscan, 15th Century. A Franciscan monastery where Christopher Columbus planned his first voyage to the Americas. The friars here interceded with Queen Isabella on Columbus's behalf.
- Cartuja de Jerez — Carthusian, 15th Century. A 15th-century Carthusian monastery near Jerez de la Frontera, known for breeding the famous Carthusian horse lineage and its Renaissance portal attributed to Andrés de Ribera.
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