Grande Chartreuse monastery

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Grande Chartreuse monastery is the historic motherhouse of the Carthusian Order, renowned for its secluded monastic life and for giving its name to the Chartreuse liqueur.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Carthusian monastery
monastic motherhouse
altitude about 1000 metres
architecturalStyle largely austere monastic architecture
associatedMuseum Musée de la Grande Chartreuse NERFINISHED
country France
currentUse active Carthusian monastery
diocese Diocese of Grenoble-Vienne NERFINISHED
featuredInFilm Into Great Silence NERFINISHED
filmDirector Philip Gröning NERFINISHED
filmReleaseYear 2005
foundedBy Hugh of Châteauneuf NERFINISHED
Saint Bruno of Cologne NERFINISHED
foundedInCentury 11th century
foundedInYear 1084
givesNameTo Chartreuse liqueur NERFINISHED
hasCommunalBuildings yes GENERATED
hasHermitages yes
hasMonasticEnclosure yes
hasMotto Stat crux dum volvitur orbis
hasMuseum yes
heritageStatus listed historic monument of France
isMotherhouseOf Carthusian Order NERFINISHED
knownFor production of Chartreuse liqueur
secluded monastic life
strict silence and solitude
languageOfLiturgy Latin
liqueurDistilledAt Voiron NERFINISHED
liqueurProducedBy Carthusian monks NERFINISHED
locatedIn Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse NERFINISHED
locatedInMountainRange Chartreuse Mountains NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Isère NERFINISHED
locatedNear Grenoble NERFINISHED
monasticRule Carthusian Statutes NERFINISHED
monksExpelledInYear 1903
monksReturnedInYear 1940
museumLocatedIn La Correrie NERFINISHED
namedAfter Chartreuse Mountains NERFINISHED
nearbySettlement Saint-Laurent-du-Pont NERFINISHED
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse NERFINISHED
partOf Parc naturel régional de Chartreuse NERFINISHED
primaryMonasticLanguage French GENERATED
produces herbal liqueur base for Chartreuse
publicAccess no access to monastic enclosure
reconstructedAfter avalanches and fires in the Middle Ages
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Carthusian Order NERFINISHED
suppressedDuring French Revolution NERFINISHED

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Chartreuse Mountains contains Grande Chartreuse monastery