CHT440663 View of La Grande Chartreuse (engraving) by French School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Veue de la grande Chartreuse et des Montagnes et Batimens qui en dependent; La Grande Chartreuse is the motherhouse of the Carthusian Order of Christian monks; The building itself lies in the an Alpine valley to the north of Grenoble, France; There has been a monastery in that place since 1084 but the buildings that remain today mostly date from around the late 17th century; Chartreuse is famous for the green liqueur that it produces to this day;); 穢 Archives Charmet; French, out of copyright.