Carthusian complexity. (Carthusian monastery in Seville, Spain)

The Architectural Review | February 1, 1997| | Copyright

Guillermo Vazquez Consuegra's rejuvenation of a Carthusian monastery in Seville instils a spatial richness and material refinement to a heterogeneous collection of original buildings.

Seville's La Cartuja, on the island of that name in the Guadalquivir River, was built as the Carthusian monastery of Santa Maria de las Cuevas. A large complex, enclosed with its gardens and orchards by an imposing wall, it became famous because Christopher Columbus stayed there while preparing for his voyages of discovery. Since then it has had a chequered history. Frequent flooding and an ...

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