Isère
Arrondissement of Grenoble
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse

Grande Chartreuse

Grande Chartreuse is the head monastery of the Carthusian religious order. It is located in the , north of the city of , in the commune of , .
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: monastery
  • Also known as: “La Grande Chartreuse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grand Som and Musée de la Grande Chartreuse.

Peak
Photo: Gemini1980, Public domain.
The is a mountain of the in the French Prealps, in , France. It has a long ridge, unevenly sharp, overlooking the Petit Som, the northwest and the Grande Chartreuse monastery below the cliffs.

Museum
Photo: Eusebius, CC BY 3.0.
is a museum, which is situated 1½ km south of Grande Chartreuse.

Church
Photo: Patafisik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 1½ km north of Grande Chartreuse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse and Chartreuse de Currières.

Village
Photo: Nitot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in the region in southeastern . It is located in the , to the north of the city of . is situated 3 km southeast of Grande Chartreuse.

Hamlet
Photo: Robin Chubret, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km west of Grande Chartreuse.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km south of Grande Chartreuse.

Grande Chartreuse

Latitude
45.36339° or 45° 21′ 48″ north
Longitude
5.79358° or 5° 47′ 37″ east
Operator
OCart
Open location code
8FQ79Q7V+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 219192124
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q180709
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Grande Chartreuse” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Grande Chartreuse”
  • Bulgarian: “Гранд Шартрьоз”
  • Catalan: “Gran Cartoixa”
  • Catalan: “Grande Chartreuse”
  • Chinese: “大沙特勒斯修道院”
  • Chinese: “查尔特勒隧道”
  • Chinese: “查爾特勒隧道”
  • Croatian: “Velika Kartuzija”
  • Czech: “Grande Chartreuse”
  • Czech: “Klášter Grande Chartreuse”
  • Czech: “La Grande Chartreuse”
  • Czech: “Velká kartouza”
  • Dutch: “Grande Chartreuse”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Kartuzio”
  • French: “Grande Chartreuse”
  • German: “die Große Kartause”
  • German: “La Grande Chartreuse”
  • Greek: “Γκραντ Σαρτρέζ”
  • Hebrew: “גרנד שרטרז”
  • Indonesian: “Grande Chartreuse”
  • Italian: “Grande Chartreuse”
  • Japanese: “グランド・シャルトルーズ”
  • Korean: “그랑드 샤르트뢰즈”
  • Latin: “Magna Cartusia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grande Chartreuse”
  • Polish: “Grande Chartreuse”
  • Polish: “La Grande Chartreuse”
  • Polish: “Wielka Kartuzja”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Chartreuse”
  • Russian: “Гранд-Шартрёз”
  • Slovenian: “Velika kartuzija”
  • Spanish: “Gran Cartuja”
  • Swedish: “Grande-Chartreuse”
  • Turkish: “Grande Chartreuse”
  • Ukrainian: “Гранд Шартрез”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Monastère de la Grande-Chartreuse and Église de la Grande Chartreuse.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grande Chartreuse”. Photo: Floriel, CC BY 2.5.