Ara Christi Charterhouse, El Puig
The Cartuja de Ara Christi, or the Ara Christi Charterhouse, is a former Carthusian monastery located just outside the town of El Puig in the province of Valencia, Spain. The site now includes a hotel and utilizes the facilities for functions.
History
The convent was erected in 1585 by the monk architect Fray Antonio Ortiz, under the sponsorship of the Roig family of Valencia. The community emerged from the Cartuja de Porta Coeli, from Serra (Valencia). The sober, Renaissance-style church suffered stripping of most of the ornaments and paintings by Napoleonic troops in 1808. The Carthusians were suppressed in 1835. The Convent subsequently housed Capuchin monks, who abandoned the convent in the 1970s.
In 1996 it was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural for Spain.[1]