Mariefred Charterhouse - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Mariefred Charterhouse - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Mariefred Charterhouse, sometimes referred to as Gripsholm Charterhouse (, or Pax Mariaethe Latin name means "Peace of Mary", which in Swedish is "Mariefred"), was a Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, in the present town of Mariefred in Södermanland, Sweden, to which it gave its name; before the building of the monastery the place was known as Gripsholm. It was the only Carthusian monastery in Scandinavia,apart from three unsuccessful attempts to establish one in Denmark: see List of Carthusian monasteries and one of the last monasteries established in Sweden before the Reformation. Read more on Wikipedia
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