Monasterio de la Cartuja Carthusian Monastery / Cartuja en Granada (Spain) - an elaborately decorated and sculptured monastery built in the Baroque style
Mornings: 10.00 - 13.00 Mon - Sat All year: Sunday 10.00- 12.00 Afternoons: 15.30 - 18.00 in winter. 16.00 - 20.00 summer.
The Carthusian Monastery is an amazing example of Baroque architecture, with its Doric arches, ornate decoration and intricate sculptures and carvings, and it is well worth a visit. Construction began in 1516 and continued for the next three hundred years but the project was never completed.