Chartreuse de Montrieux

Charterhouse

The Chartreuse de Montrieux ( Cartusia Montis Rivi ; Charterhouse of Montrieux) is a monastery of the contemplative Carthusian order in the commune of Méounes-lès-Montrieux in the Var department in France. The complex is partly classified as a monument historique , partly registered as such.

history

The Charterhouse was founded in 1137 as the eighth house of the Carthusian Order. After the great plague epidemic of 1348, the monastery was repopulated by Gherardo Petrarca, the brother of the poet Francesco Petrarca , who had settled here in 1342. The facility was destroyed several times; the current building stock dates from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The Carthusian monastery was abandoned during the French Revolution , but was settled again by the Carthusians in 1843. In 1905 they left the monastery again due to secular legislation, but moved into it again around 1930 and are still there today.

literature

• Raymond Boyer: La Chartreuse de Montrieux aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles , 2 vols.
• Marc Dubois: The Legends on the Foundation of the Chartreuse de Montrieux .

swell

• Archives of the Var department: Fonds de la Chartreuse de Montrieux, sous-série 1H.

Web links

Commons : Chartreuse de Montrieux-le-Vieux  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Charterhouse website
• The Chartreuse de Montrieux on the Carthusian Order's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PA00081678 Chartreuse Montrieux-le-Vieux in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
2. ↑ http://www.chartreux.org/de/hauser/montrieux/index.php

Coordinates: 43 ° 15 ′ 30 ″  N , 5 ° 57 ′ 57 ″  E