Description
The Carthusian Monastery of Santa Maria d'Escaladei was founded in the 12th century by Alfons el Cast and was the first Carthusian monastery in the Iberian Peninsula, from which the other Catalan Carthusians emerged. Its domains formed the historical territory of the Priorat, smaller than the current region of the same name. It is located in the village of the same name (Escaladei), in the municipality of La Morera de Montsant. Its location at the foot of the southern slope of the Sierra de Montsant gives it an incomparable landscape. S.XII.