Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez

Here the village is the monastery: Béatrix de la Tour du Pin founded a Carthusian charterhouse in 1280; after the monks were expelled in 1792 it was auctioned in 44 lots, and local families moved in. It is said to be the only charterhouse in the world to have become a village. On the heights above stands the chapel of Jurieu.

Highlights

• The 13th-century charterhouse whose buildings now form the village centre (FR)
• The story of a monastery sold in 44 lots to local families in 1794
• The Église Sainte-Croix
• The chapelle de Jurieu, on the heights above the village

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez (FR), Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez (EN), Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.