Magnificent Carthusian monastery. Its cloister is one of the largest in France! Very good guides in the summer.
There are few Chartreuses in good condition in France. Villefranche-de-Rouergue has retained its virtually intact. The chapel, the refectory, the kitchens, the impressive cloister, as well as a small Gothic cloister of great beauty. There are even agricultural buildings and the chapel of foreigners. A well-documented room which gives the history of the place and numerous architectural explanations on the phenomenon of the Carthusians. It was founded and entirely paid for by a couple of 15th century merchants. She was saved at the Revolution, because she became the hospital of the city. It still holds this function today, which gives a special aura to this monument devoted to prayer and allocated to the suffering of men.
