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Pleterje Charterhouse
( Slovenia )
Monastery of monks
Address and contacts
Kartuzija Pleterje
Drča 1
8310 ŠENTJERNEJ
SLOVENIA
SloveniaAbroad
Tel. :730 81 22500 386 730 81 225
Fax. :730 81 21900 386 730 81 219
Email :
Website :http://www.kartuzija-pleterje.si/
History
| 1403 | Count Herman II of Celje establishes Pleterje Charterhouse. |
| 1406 | Building completed. |
| 1471 | Turkish attack destroys Charterhouse. Rebuilt Charterhouse resembles fortress. |
| 1593 | Due to material and spiritual decay, Archduke Ferdinand II hands over Pleterje Charterhouse to the Jesuits of Ljubljana. |
| 1772 | After suppression of the Jesuit Order, Pleterje becomes state property. |
| 1839 | Pleterje becomes privately owned. |
| 1899 | Carthusian Order repurchases Pleterje. Building of new Charterhouse begins. |
| 1904 | Completion of Charterhouse’s rebuilding. November 3 Pleterje Church consecrated to Mary, under title “Throne of The Most Holy Trinity”. |
| 1943 | “Partisan” communist attack destroys 17 cells by fire. |
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