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La Cartuja - Monastery of Santa María de las Cuevas

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La Cartuja - Monastery of Santa María de las Cuevas

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La Cartuja - Monastery of Santa María de las Cuevas

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Location: Séville, La Vega, Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain

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Willem VS

November 15, 2024

The Monasterio de Santa María de las Cuevas, also known as La Cartuja, is a historic monastery located on the Isla de la Cartuja in Seville. It was originally built in the 15th century by the Carthusian order and has enjoyed a rich history ever since.
After the monastery closed in 1836, the building was converted into a ceramics factory. The factory became a major producer of pottery and was known for its innovative production techniques. Today, the monastery is home to the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), a centre for contemporary art.

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The Monastery grew on the fertile right bank of the Guadalquivir River, facing the city (on its outskirts towards Italica and the Aljarafe region). Numerous Almohad pottery kilns were established there, and in one of them, in 1248, the image of the Virgin of the Caves appeared. First, a Franciscan hermitage was built, and in 1399, the Charterhouse Monastery was established.

In its six centuries of existence, the Charterhouse has experienced periods of great splendor and others of serious crisis. Its location on the banks of the Guadalquivir meant that the monastery was repeatedly plagued by annual floods.
The remains of Christopher Columbus were interred there for thirty years, as the admiral was a frequent visitor to the Monastery, where he prepared for his second voyage.
Santa María de las Cuevas was also a spiritual retreat for Philip II and was frequented by figures such as Arias Montano and Teresa of Ávila, as well as all the Spanish monarchs who visited Seville. The Monastery was enriched with important collections by Alejo Fernández, Dürer, Pace Gazini and Aprile de Carona; Montañés and Mesa; Murillo, Cano and Zurbarán; Pedro Roldán, Duque Cornejo, etc.

In 1810, during the Napoleonic invasion, the Carthusian monks were expelled, and the Monastery, occupied by the French, was transformed into a barracks for the occupying troops. The monks fled to Portugal and returned in 1812, only to be definitively expelled in 1836 during the Mendizábal Disentailment. Abandoned and dilapidated, the Monastery was acquired in 1839 by the English merchant Charles Pickman, who established a pottery and porcelain factory in the convent in 1841. The adaptation of the Charterhouse to the factory gradually utilized all the monastic remains. Several chimneys and ten kilns were built, five of which are still standing. The earthenware and porcelain factory continued operating in the Monastery until 1982. In 1986, the Regional Government of Andalusia began the restoration of the essential elements of its complex monastic, military, and industrial past. With the 1992 Universal Exposition, which provided the building with exhibition facilities, a new chapter in the history of this monument began. The final link in the Monastery's function as a museum came in 1997, when it became the headquarters of the Andalusian Center for Contemporary Art. caac.es/inf/ins.htm

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