La Cartuja de Cazalla
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La Cartuja de Cazalla Ctra de la Estación, km 3 Cazalla de la Sierra Holiday rental house, bed and breakfast and hotel*** |
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A former Carthusian Monastery located deep in the Sierra Norte de Sevilla,
a peaceful natural spot and an ideal place to rest where one can enjoy
various cultural and leisure activities.
The area in which the Carthusian Monastery of Cazalla de la Sierra is
situated is a place full of history. They monastery is built on a natural
plateau surrounded by walls and a 30 meter cliff facing east. It has one
of the most beautiful views of the Sierra Morena, especially at sunrise.
In the centre of this plateau rises a natural spring that never dries.
Archaeological studies agree that this place has always been used for
religious purposes. It was used even before the Phoe3nicians opened the "Ruta
de la Plata" (the Silver Road). In the middle of the 8th century, Muslims
from North Africa came to this area to work in the nearby mines of "Cerro
de Hierro", prospecting for iron ore. Their leader had good reasons to
choose this place to build a Mosque, his home, and olive oil and wheat
mills. Traces of all these buildings remain today.
Later on, when the Christian kings conquered Sevilla from the Moors, the
Mosque was closed and the place was used as a hunting lodge for the kings
and a hostel for the pilgrims who traveled on the Silver Road on their
way to Santiago de Compostela. In 1418 Fray Lope de Olmedo founded a
Jeronimus Monastery in brotherhood with the Monastery of San Isidoro del
Campo, near Seville. Both Monasteries where closed by the Inquisition as
these monks had the audacity to write and publish a Bible. A few years
later, in 1476, the place became a Carthusian Monastery. The monks,
following tradition, kept the hostel open for the public next to the
outdoor chapel known as "Capilla de Peregrino". In the nineteenth century,
with the unfortunate law of Mendizabal, a period of decadence began for
all of the Spanish Monasteries. This particular one was destroyed and used
by the farmers as barns and stables.
In 1973, this property was bought by an Englishman who sold it in 1977 to
Carmen Ladrón de Guevara y Bracho, representing a company which has
achieved, despite many obstacles and difficulties, the preservation of
this historic building and its conversion into a Centre of Contemporary
Art and Culture.
The hotel
Nowadays, La Cartuja offers 6
double and 2 individual rooms - all with bathroom - in the "Hospedería",
also a small house and garden, the Gardener's House, for family groups
with children. In the restaurant one can enjoy ecological products:
chicken, lamb, eggs and vegetables from the monastery gardens.
This historic place also has exhibition and concert rooms, art gallery and
artisan studio. The cultural activities complement leisure as there is
also horse riding and a swimming pool.
Dogs allowed.
| Prices 2012 | |||
| 1 night | more than one night, price per night | 1 week | |
| - Double room | € 80,00 | € 75,00 | € 350,00 |
| - Single room | € 50,00 | €45,00 | € 210,00 |
| - Extra bed | € 17,00 | € 15,00 | € 70,00 |
| Prices per room, per night, breakfast included. VAT 7% included. | |||
| Full board: € 45,00 | |||
| request for reservation | |||