Chartreuse du Liget

Chartreuse of Liget was a monastery of hermit-monks of the Carthusians order founded in 1178 in Touraine by Henry II, Count of Anjou and King of England, in atonement for the murder of Thomas Becket (Archbishop of Canterbury) committed on his order. The Liget is one of five Carthusian outposts founded before the 15th century in Western Europe. There are only a few remains of the medieval monastery ruined by the Hundred Years War and the French Wars of Religion. Rebuilt at the end of the Ancien Régime, it was largely demolished in the French Revolution. Many relics of the monastery itself are part of the inventory of Monument historique under the designation "listed monument" or as a "registered monument" (the grounds of a former monastery wall and corner towers, remains of the church and cloister roof joint); In all cases, this level of protection was gained on March 13, 1972. The Corroirie, the fortified gate, the chapel and the old prison were the subjects of an entry in the inventory of historical monuments from the 7 September 1926. The Chapel of St. John the Liget is a historic monument by the list of 1862. Less