The Chartreuse Mountains (French: Massif de la Chartreuse [masif d(ə) la ʃaʁtʁøz]) are a mountain range in southeastern France, stretching from the city...
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in 1605. It was named after the monks' Grande Chartreuse monastery, located in the Chartreuse Mountains north of Grenoble. Today the liqueur is produced...
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Grande Chartreuse (French: [ɡʁɑ̃d ʃaʁtʁøz]) is the head monastery of the Carthusian religious order. It is located in the Chartreuse Mountains, north...
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derived from the Chartreuse Mountains in the French Prealps: Bruno of Cologne built his first hermitage in a valley of these mountains. These names were...
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lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, a monastery high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). Gröning proposed the idea for the film...
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cooked in a mould Chartreuse Mountains, a range of mountains in France "Chartreuse", a 2012 song by ZZ Top about the French liqueur Chartreuse (fr), type of...
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Carthusian is derived from the Chartreuse Mountains in the French Prealps: Bruno built his first hermitage in a valley of these mountains. These names were adapted...
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monastery of the order, the Grande Chartreuse, which St Bruno of Cologne established in a valley of the Chartreuse Mountains in 1084. The London Charterhouse...
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southeastern France. It is located in the Chartreuse Mountains, to the north of the city of Grenoble. The Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusian...
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Col de Porte (category Mountain passes of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
(4,350 ft)) is a mountain pass situated in the Chartreuse Mountains in the Isère department of France, between Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse to the south and...
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city is located at the foot of the French Alps between Bauges and Chartreuse mountains, and is a railway and highway crossroads. It has been the historical...
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of eastern France. It is 49.9 km (31.0 mi) long. It rises in the Chartreuse Mountains. The part upstream from the confluence with the Guiers Vif (literally...
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Voiron, along with Chambéry and Grenoble, is a gateway city of the Chartreuse Mountains in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Voiron had been a part of the...
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Charmant Som (category Chartreuse Mountains)
Charmant Som is a mountain in the French department of Isère, rising to 1,867 metres (6,125 ft) in the Chartreuse Mountains in the Alps. It is made up...
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Vercors massif (redirect from Vercors mountains)
width of 40 kilometres (25 mi). The massif is surrounded by the Chartreuse Mountains to the north, the Matheysine area of the Dauphiné Alps to the east...
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Dent de Crolles (category Mountains of Isère)
a karstic mountain (2,062 m) of the Chartreuse Mountains range, 17 kilometres (11 miles) north east of Grenoble, Isère, France. The mountain has a characteristic...
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Lances de Malissard (category Chartreuse Mountains)
The Lances de Malissard are two summits, located in the Chartreuse Mountains in the Department of Isère, in the French Prealps. More than the peaks themselves...
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Mont Granier (category Chartreuse Mountains)
933m) is a limestone mountain located between the départements of Savoie and Isère in France. It lies in the Chartreuse Mountains range of the French Prealps...
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the Grande Chartreuse, located in the Chartreuse Mountains north of the city of Grenoble. But in 1972, the Prior of the Grande Chartreuse denied that...
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Néron (Isère) (category Chartreuse Mountains)
(French pronunciation: [neʁɔ̃] ) is a mountain in the French department of Isère at 1,299 metres in the Chartreuse massif in the Alps. Sometimes called...
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Grand Som (category Chartreuse Mountains)
The Grand Som is a mountain of the Chartreuse Mountains in the French Prealps, in Isère, France. It has a long ridge, unevenly sharp, overlooking the Petit...
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Pointe de la Gorgeat (category Chartreuse Mountains)
The Pointe de la Gorgeat is a Chartreuse Mountain culminating at 1,486 m above sea level in the French department of Savoie. Departure is possible from...
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French Prealps (category Mountain ranges of the Alps)
Voreppe Gorge between Vercors and Chartreuse, or Chambéry, which sits in a valley between the Bauges and Chartreuse ranges. In the southern subalpine...
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Dauphiné Alps (category Mountain ranges of the Alps)
north-east by the river Arc; from the lower ranges Vercors Plateau and Chartreuse Mountains in the west by the rivers Drac and Isère. Many peaks rise to more...
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Ultras with prominence of at least 1,500 m (4,900 ft) within continental France. Mountains located on islands and overseas departments are not included....
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Mont Outheran (category Chartreuse Mountains)
Mont Outheran (1,676 m) is a mountain of the Chartreuse Mountains in the French Prealps, Savoie, France. The Mont Outheran is a narrow plateau, lying several...
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Chaîne de l'Épine (category Mountain passes of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
Col de l'Épine west of Chambéry as far as the western edge of the Chartreuse Mountains, near the commune of Les Échelles. To the north, the ridge becomes...
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of the Isère department Arrondissements of the Isère department Chartreuse Mountains Grande Sure "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux"...
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French Alps (category Mountain ranges of the Alps)
The French Alps are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...
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Roche Veyrand (category Chartreuse Mountains)
Roche Veyrand is a mountain of Savoie, France. It lies in the Chartreuse Mountains range. It has an elevation of 1,429 metres above sea level. It lies...
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