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The Charmant Som and Chamechaude from the Col de la Grande Vache
Map of the Chartreuse massif

The Chartreuse Mountains (French: massif de la Chartreuse [masif d(ə) la ʃaʁtʁøz]) are a mountain range in southeastern France, stretching from the city of Grenoble in the south to the Lac du Bourget in the north. They are part of the French Prealps, which continue as the Bauges to the north and the Vercors to the south.

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Chartreuse Mountains

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The Chartreuse Mountains (French: massif de la Chartreuse [masif d(ə) la ʃaʁtʁøz]) are a mountain range in southeastern France, stretching from the city...

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Grande Chartreuse

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Grande Chartreuse (French: [ɡʁɑ̃d ʃaʁtʁøz]) is the head monastery of the Carthusian religious order. It is located in the Chartreuse Mountains, north...

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Chartreuse

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under the category of chartreuse. Chartreuse Mountains, a range of mountains in France The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme), an 1839...

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Carthusians

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Carthusian is derived from the Chartreuse Mountains in the French Prealps: Bruno built his first hermitage in a valley of these mountains. These names were adapted...

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Into Great Silence

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lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, a monastery high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). Gröning proposed the idea for the film...

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Chartreux

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the Grande Chartreuse, located in the Chartreuse Mountains north of the city of Grenoble. But in 1972, the Prior of the Grande Chartreuse denied that...

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List of French mountains by prominence

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includes all Ultras with prominence of at least 1500m within continental France. Mountains located on islands and overseas departments are not included....

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Vercors Massif

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width of 40 kilometres (25 mi). The massif is surrounded by the Chartreuse Mountains to the north, the Matheysine area of the Dauphiné Alps to the east...

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Charmant Som

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Charmant Som is a mountain in the French department of Isère, rising to 1,867 metres (6,125 ft) in the Chartreuse Mountains in the Alps. It is made up...

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French Prealps

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Voreppe Gorge between Vercors and Chartreuse, or Chambéry, which sits in a valley between the Bauges and Chartreuse ranges. In the southern subalpine...

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Dent de Crolles

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(French pronunciation: [dɑ̃ də kʁol]) is a karstic mountain (2,062 m) of the Chartreuse Mountains range, 17 kilometres (11 miles) north east of Grenoble...

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Col du Grapillon

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Grapillon (or col de Grapillon) is a mountain pass located 1,509 metres (4,951 ft) above sea level in the Chartreuse Mountains between La Cochette (1,618 metres...

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Col de Palaquit

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Col de Palaquit (altitude 1,154 m (3,786 ft)) is a mountain pass situated in the Chartreuse Mountains in the Isère department of France, near the village...

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Voiron

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Voiron, along with Chambéry and Grenoble, is a gateway city of the Chartreuse Mountains in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Voiron had been a part of the...

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French cuisine

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Chapel. The Chartreuse Mountains are the source of the green and yellow digestif liquor Chartreuse, produced by the monks of the Grande Chartreuse.: 197, 230 ...

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1971 Tour de France

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of the race leader, just behind second-placed Zoetemelk. In the Chartreuse Mountains on stage 10, Merckx had a tyre puncture and was distanced by a group...

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French Alps

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The French Alps (French: Alpes françaises) are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and...

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Col de Porte

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(4,350 ft)) is a mountain pass situated in the Chartreuse Mountains in the Isère department of France, between Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse to the south and...

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Vicat

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argillaceous limestone obtained from an underground mine in the Chartreuse Mountains. The company makes 9.7 million cubic metres per annum (2007) of ready-mix...

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