Castell cartoixa de Vallparadís

The Castell cartoixa de Vallparadís, in Spanish cartuja de San Jaime de Valparaiso and in Catalan cartoixa de Sant Jaume de Vallparadís, or Saint James of the Valley of Paradise, in Spanish cartuja de San Jaime del Valle Paraiso, is a former Carthusian monastery located beside the Vallparadís torrent, at Terrassa — called Égara until the beginning of the 19th century — in the province of Barcelona, Spain.

The 12th-century castellum has undergone many alterations, first to adapt it as a charterhouse and more recently with the 20th-century rebuilding. It was declared a cultural property of national interest in 1944.

Machine-translated from “Chartreuse Saint-Jacques de Valparaíso” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castell cartoixa de Vallparadís ranks #6,139 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #312 of the 602 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 81% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 564 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Barcelona, 24 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.

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