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  La Grande Chartreuse
On the east the ridge of the Grand-Som towers above its roof, on the south the road approaches through a narrow gorge, while on the north and west the valley is shut in by heights covered with woods, due to the planting of the earlier monks, but now the property of the State.
They are on the typically Carthusian plan, with the addition of the great guest-houses and capitular hall, constructed to accommodate the Carthusian priors attending the general chapters, together with their attendants.
The most ancient portions are the Gothic parts of the grand cloître (over 700 feet long) and the church, which dates in part from 1320 or perhaps earlier, but owes its present form to restoration in the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/g/grande_chartreuse,la.html   (393 words)

  
  Chartreuse (liqueur) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chartreuse is a French liqueur composed of distilled wine alcohol flavored with 130 herbal extracts.
Green Chartreuse (110 proof or 55%, and from which the name of the color is derived), a naturally green liqueur flavored with extracts from 130 plants.
Chartreuse VEP (Vieillissement Exceptionnellement Prolongé) is made using the same processes and the same secret formula as the traditional liqueur, and by extra long ageing in oak casks it reaches an exceptional quality.
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 Grande Chartreuse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grande Chartreuse is placed in a remote mountain valley.
It is located in the Chartreuse Mountains, to the north of the city of Grenoble, in the commune of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse in the Isère département of France.
The Grand Chartreuse was also written of in William Wordsworth's The Prelude, Book VI and John Ruskin's Praeterita.
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 Chartreuse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Grande Chartreuse, a Carthusian monastery in the Chartreuse mountains.
Chartreuse, a brand of liqueur produced in the Chartreuse monastery.
Chartreuse, the greenish color of the Chartreuse liqueur.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/chartreuse   (137 words)

  
 La Grande Chartreuse - LoveToKnow 1911
On the north, fine forests extend to the Col de la Ruchere, and on the west rise well-wooded heights, while on the east tower white limestone ridges, culminating in the Grand Som (6670 ft.).
The principal approach to the convent is from St aaurent du Pont, a village situated on the Guiers Mort, and largely built by the monks - it is connected by steam tramways with Voiron (for Grenoble) and St Beron (for Chambery).
The magnificent revenues derived from the profits of this manufacture were devoted by the monks to various purposes of benevolence, especially in the neighbouring villages, which owe to this source their churches, schools, hospitals, andc., andc., built and maintained at the expense of the monks.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Grande Chartreuse
Chartreuse, Grande CHARTREUSE, GRANDE [Chartreuse, Grande], mountainous massif, Isère dept., SE France, in the Dauphiné Alps; Chamechaude Peak (6,847 ft/2,087 m) is the highest point.
chartreuse CHARTREUSE [chartreuse], liqueur made exclusively by Carthusians at their monastery, La Grande Chartreuse, France, until their expulsion in 1903.
Grande Chartreuse, La The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church; 1/1/2000; E. 15 words
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 Grand Chartreuse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The monastery of the Grand Chartreuse lies in a valley of the Alps of Dauphine near Grenoble.
Founded originally by St. Bruno in 1084, the mother-house of the Carthusians has been burnt and rebuilt at least eight times since its founding.
At 4268 feet, its picturesque location attracted numerous travellers, including such English grand tourists as Thomas Gray, Horace Walpole, Matthew Arnold, and John Ruskin.
www.sjsu.edu /depts/english/grand.htm   (80 words)

  
 Chartreuse - Homedistiller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Chartreuse is a strong and famous French liqueur composed of distilled wine alcohol flavored with various herbal extracts.
The color chartreuse is a green and slightly yellow color resembling that of the Green Chartreuse beverage.
The recipe eventually reached the religious order's headquarters at Grande Chartreuse at Voiron, near Grenoble, and has been used since the recipe was decoded in 1737 to produce the 142° Elixir Vegetal de la Grande Chartreuse.
homedistiller.org /wiki/index.php/Chartreuse   (479 words)

  
 Chartreuse: La Grande Sure
La Grande Sure is part of a huge area, stretching from St. Laurent-du-Pont in the north to Grenoble in the south, and from the Col de la Charmette in the east to Voreppe in the west.
Yet further east is an equally long exquisite valley bound by the main ridge to the west, and another smaller, but vertical set of cliffs to the east.
Of the two walks described, the first makes a directissima ascent of the west cliffs of la Grande Sure, and involves a Grade 3 scramble, and the second is a delightfully relaxing walk that explores the central valley.
www.braemoor.co.uk /chartreuse/grandsur/grandesure.shtml   (277 words)

  
 Classic Liquors - Chartreuse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
When Bruno and his six companions arrived in the Chartreuse Mountain in 1084, the area, while ideal for monastic solitude, was a wilderness not easily accessible and not favorable to habitation.
As in all monasteries, at La Grande Chartreuse there was an apothecary, Brother Jerome Maubec, who served the medical needs of the monastery and the residents of the local area with remedies made from local herbs, plants, spices and other ingredients.
By the beginning of the 20th century, millions of bottles of Chartreuse liqueurs were being sold all over the world.
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 09/05/99-The Chartreuse
The Massif de Chartreuse is a series of juggernauts and sideways plates sliding into green hills.
Chartreuse is a colour – an electric green, more cinnabar than sap, radioactive in its luminescence.
Here, in the heart of the region is where in 1655 the monks of the Monastere de la Grande Chartreuse developed the sticky yellow-green liqueur from a secret recipe of over 130 ingredients.
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Following the initial use of portions of the recipe at Vauvert, the manuscript was sent to La Grande Chartreuse.
Green Chartreuse -- a milder and smoother form of the elixir at only 55 percent alcohol -- was developed shortly after distilling began.
In 1848, 30 officers from the Army of the Alps, stationed nearby the monastery, were invited to a tasting of Yellow Chartreuse.
www.public.asu.edu /~ahljw/france/oct/Dsc00096.htm   (747 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Gothica: Chartreuse
Chartreuse is an herb liqueur made by The Charterhouse Order of Carthusian Monks of the Convent of the Grande Chartreuse at Grenoble in the French Alps - more specifically, three monks who do not speak to each other.
They each only know two-thirds of the recipe and as the Chartreuse is made, the liqueur is passed on to each monk to complete his part of the recipe.
There is also a special kind of Chartreuse called Vieillissement Exceptionnellement Prolonge, (V.E.P.) which comes in an original bottle from the 1840's and is encased in a wood box.
www.waningmoon.com /gothica/articles/6660073.shtml   (421 words)

  
 La Grande Chartreuse - bedeutung definition erklärung glossar zu La Grande Chartreuse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
La Grande Chartreuse, die Große Kartause, ist das Mutterkloster des Kartäuserordens.
Diese erste Kartause wird als La Grande Chartreuse, Große Kartause, bezeichnet und ist bis heute das Mutterkloster des Kartäuserordens.
Weitere Gründungen von Kartausen folgten, die erste bereits 1090 durch Bruno von Köln in Italien.
la_grande_chartreuse.lexikona.de /art/La_Grande_Chartreuse.html   (196 words)

  
 Chartreuse Liqueurs - Food Reference Beverage Facts
A century later the manuscript was brought into daylight again, and in 1737 at Le Grande Chartreuse, the principal convent of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble.
The original Elixir Vegetal de la Grande Chartreuse ran to 71 percent ABV and proved to be too potent for monks who adapted the recipe to make a milder liqueur (Green Chartreuse); its success was immediate throughout Europe.
Chartreuse liqueurs consist of 130 plants, herbs, roots, leaves, barks, brandy, distilled honey and sugar syrup.
www.foodreference.com /html/artchartreuseliqueurs.html   (563 words)

  
 Grand Som, De la Grande Chartreuse, le 21 janvier 2004
Grand Som, De la Grande Chartreuse : Sortie du mercredi 21 janvier 2004 par Jeroen
Grand som puis on a enquillé sur le petit som et le couloir Ouest à la descente.
Le grand som dans les nuages, vu du petit som.
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La Grande Chartreuse is famous for its liqueur.
Liqueur Chartreuse is made only by Carthusian Monks of La Grande Chartreuse near Grenoble, France.
Chartreuse today is still made from 130 Alpine herbs according to an ancient 1605 formula.
www.unc.edu /~svetlana/pages/chartreuse3.htm   (56 words)

  
 Decorating with Chartreuse
The original chartreuse is Chartreuse Mountain, after which came the name La Grande Chartreuse, which was the Carthusian monastery in Grenoble.
There is something a little eerie about chartreuse, so we recommend saving it for smaller spots in a room, and pairing it carefully with something warmer.
Chartreuse picture or mirror frames are also a good idea for bringing a hint of the unusual into a room.
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 Saint Anthelm | Catholic-Pages.com
Anthelm took the habit of St. Bruno in 1137, and during his novitiate he was sent to the Grande Chartreuse (house) of the Order.
Our saint completed the rebuilding of the Grande Chartreuse, added an avalanche defence wall, improved the crop yields and sheepfold, as well as the revenues, and through his personality and sanctity, brought many new novices into the Order.
Anthelm spent his extra time back in the Grande Chartreuse, as well as with a community of sisters at Bons, and also at at a leper house where he would tend the sick himself.
www.catholic-pages.com /saints/st_anthelm.asp   (397 words)

  
 St Anthelm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Saint Anthelm was born in 1107 in the Castle Chigin in Gaul, France.
Saint Anthelm took the habit of Saint Bruno in 1137, and during his novitiate he was sent to the Grande Chartreuse (house) of the Order.
Saint Anthelm spent his extra time back in the Grande Chartreuse, as well as with a community of sisters at Bons, and also at at a leper house where he would tend the sick himself.
www.thesacredheart.com /sts/santh.htm   (363 words)

  
 WineDay: Dijon Aflame
Chartreuse is the most famous liqueur in the world still made by a religious order, the Carthusians.
In fact, the French name for a Carthusian monestary or charterhouse is "chartreuse." The first monestary of the order is known as the Grande Chartreuse.
Up until now, the Grande Chartreuse was known for its 11-blast-furnace iron production.
www.globalgourmet.com /food/wineday/2000/wd0100/wd012100.html   (475 words)

  
 chartreuse - HighBeam Encyclopedia
CHARTREUSE [chartreuse], liqueur made exclusively by Carthusians at their monastery, La Grande Chartreuse, France, until their expulsion in 1903.
Green chartreuse contains about 57% alcohol; the sweeter yellow variety, about 43%.
Agere Systems and Cadence Design Systems donate ChartReuse-II to VSI Alliance; VSI Alliance continues development of an intellectual property assessment worksheet incorporating important aspects of ChartReuse II.
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 Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse Analysis Matthew Arnold : Summary Explanation Meaning Overview Essay Writing ...
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 The New Monastery - St. Bruno
Crisis occurs at Grande Chartreuse over Bruno′s leaving: the other monks leave Grande Chartreuse, but return upon Bruno′s pleadings for them to return.
Landuino, Prior of the Grande Chartreuse, visits Bruno at St. Mary of La Torre.
the real cross in having to leave the Grande Chartreuse under obedience to the Pope and risk the failure of his monastic foundation at the Grande Chartreuse.
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 CarthusianStatutesBook1
At the repeated request of the other deserts founded in imitation of that at Chartreuse, Guigues, the fifth Prior of the Grande Chartreuse, committed to writing the organization of their way of life; this they all undertook to follow and imitate as the rule of observance and bond of love of their newborn family.
We, therefore, the humble brothers, Andrew, Prior of the Grande Chartreuse, and the other members of the General Chapter of 1989, approve and confirm these present Statutes.
And since one and the same rule of life should be observed by all who profess it in a uniform and like manner, it follows that we, who have adopted the Carthusian ideal, whence we bear the name of Carthusians, do not readily admit exceptions.
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 Buy Chartreuse and liqueurs online
Chartreuse is made according to extremely complex secret formulae and contains about 130 different herbs.
It is the green Chartreuse that is the strong one; the yellow is slightly weaker and marginally sweeter.
Chartreuse V.E.P. Chartreuse V.E.P. (Vieillissement Exceptionnellement Prolongé) is made using the same secret formula as the traditional liqueur, with the addition of extra long ageing in oak casks until mellowed to an exceptional flavor.
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 ORB -- Guigues of La Grande Chartreuse
Letter of Guigues, Prior of La Grande Chartreuse, to Hugh de Payns, master of the Temple.
To our dearest and most revered lords and friends in Christ, Hugh, prior of the holy knighthood, and all who are ruled by his counsel; their servants and friends the brothers of Chartreuse, wish them a complete victory, spiritual and physical, over the enemies of the Christian religion, and peace through Christ our Lord.
Since we were unable to enjoy the most agreeable conversation which your presence would have allowed us while you were on your journey to France or returning, it seemed to us that we could at least talk with you a little in a letter.
www.the-orb.net /encyclop/religion/monastic/guigues.html   (1015 words)

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