Cartuja Santa María Porta Coeli

The Charterhouse

Aerial view of the Charterhouse

The aqueduct

The Cartuja Santa María Porta Coeli ( Catalan : Cartoixa de Porta Coeli , Kartause Porta Coeli ) is a monastery of the contemplative Carthusian Order in the Comarca Campo de Turia in the Comunidad Valenciana in Spain. The facility is listed as Bien de Interés Cultural under the number RI-51-0012131.

history

The Charterhouse, founded in 1272 as the third in the Crown of Aragon by the Bishop of Valencia , the Dominican Andrés de Albalat and built from 1274, developed from modest beginnings. The first monks came from the Cartoixa de Santa Maria d'Escaladei in Tarragona . A prior of the Charterhouse was Bonifacio Ferrer (1350-1417), the brother of Vincent Ferrer . The Gothic complex was built from 1385 ; the new church was consecrated in 1400. Two renaissance-style cloisters were added.

With the dismortment in Spain , the Charterhouse fell into disuse in 1835 and came into the hands of the banker and politician Vicente Bertrán de Lis and in 1872 by Lino Alberto Reig.

In 1898 it became a hospital for tuberculosis .

During the Spanish Civil War , the complex served as a concentration camp for over 4,000 Republican internees. It is estimated that over 2,200 inmates were fusilated . In 1943 the Carthusian monastery was bought by the province and in 1944 the Carthusians returned from the Cartuja de Santa María de Miraflores in the province of Burgos .

Buildings and plant

The complex contains four cloisters, which have a variety of architectural styles, an aqueduct and the existing neoclassical church, which dates back to Gothic origins.

Web links

Commons : Cartuja de Porta Coeli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Carthusian Monastery of Santa María Porta Coeli on the Carthusian Order's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://cartujas.com/porta_coeli.htm

Coordinates: 39 ° 40 ′ 55.9 ″  N , 0 ° 28 ′ 24.2 ″  W.