Chartreuse Saint-Sauveur

An exceptional place, the Chartreuse Saint-Sauveur is a masterpiece of flamboyant Gothic architecture from the XNUMXth century. The building houses rooms of unsuspected richness, including two cloisters, including one of the largest in France.

Built at the gates of the city from 1452 thanks to the testamentary legacy of a wealthy draper merchant from Villefranche, Vézian Valette, the monastery of the Chartreuse St Sauveur allows you to understand how the monks lived within a chartreuse and to admire this precious heritage: the small cloister, a masterpiece of flamboyant Gothic art, the chapel and its magnificent historiated stalls, the refectory, the large cloister against which the hermitages once stood and which surrounds the cemetery and the secrets of the community...

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Come and discover the Monastery differently : A treasure hunt Mystery at the Chartreuse for families is available free of charge at the monument reception, ask for it!

And also  "Investigation at the Chartreuse" : Life-size Cluedo! A survey to be carried out with family or friends… Duration: about 2 hours. 3 euros for the booklet, available at the entrance to the monument.

For all guided tours, registration recommended at 05.36.16.20.00

GROUPS: all year round by reservation

ACCESS for people with reduced mobility: partial access: a few steps.

We speak: English, Spanish, Italian

Themes:

• Abbey
• Chapel
• Chartreuse
• Cloister
• Convent
• Church

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