Granada Cartuja

The monastery suffered extensive damage during the War of Independence. The farm lost considerable ground in 1837 as a result of the confiscation of Mendizabal. At present (2008) it belongs to the monastery of the Carthusian Order, directly from the Diocese of Granada.

Existing installations can be visited by tourists; the highlights of the visit are Claustrillo, De Profundis Chapel, where the monks did their penance; the Chapter Hall Los Legos, which follows the visit to the Chapter House of the monks, where the monks met to deliberate and pronounce their sermons thanks to the acoustics of the room.

The church is a Baroque style and was built in 1662. It is divided into a number of areas for the monks, totally isolated and incommunicable with the rest of the church, one for the faithful and for laymen.

The relics are kept in the Sancta Santorum behind the altar. It is noteworthy for its artistic beauty of the dome of the church, painted by Antonio Palomino and Juan Risueno. The participants will go to the sacristy, where there are paintings of great value and other ecclesiastical objects.

La Cartuja is a monastery of monks and is located in what was a farm, or recreational museum, named carmen, and is the source of tears that had an abundance of water and fruit trees.

The idea of building the monastery there left Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, known as El Gran Capitan. The donation of land to build on that farm was in Loja in 1513. The works were started but then suffered a break following the death of the Great Captain, which occurred in 1515, and was resumed in 1519 and completed in 1545.