Chartreuse (country house)

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Chartreuses are country estates, especially in southwestern France , that are detached and mostly secluded. The building of a chartreuse is often elongated and built low. Etymologically, the term comes from the Chartreuse , a mountain range where the monks of the Carthusian order built their first monastery .

Sautet manor

An example of a Chartreuse is the manor house of Sautet in the municipality of Molières in the Dordogne department .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ chartreuse ( fr ) Editions Larousse . Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  2. ↑ chartreuse ( fr ) dictionary of the French. Language Littré. Retrieved December 13, 2018.