Cartuja de Jerez
Key facts
- Type
- Monastery
- Religious order
- Carthusian
- Era
- 15th Century
- Architectural style
- Gothic-Renaissance
- Founded
- 1476
- Current status
- Active
- Location
- Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz
- Province
- Cádiz
- Region
- Andalucía
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.
Highlights
- Origin of Carthusian horse breed
- Renaissance portal by Andrés de Ribera
- Still an active monastery
- 15th-century Gothic cloister
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