Chartreuse () may refer to:
Food and drink
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Chartreuse (liqueur)
Chartreuse (, , ) is a French herbal liqueur available in green and yellow versions that differ in taste and alcohol content. The liqueur has been made by the Carthusian monks since 1737 according to the instructions set out in a manuscript g ...
, a French liqueur
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Chartreuse (dish)
A chartreuse is a French dish comprising vegetables such as cabbage, chicory or carrot (and sometimes also meat) that are wrapped tightly in a decorative layer of salad or vegetable leaves and cooked within a dome mould. Variations of the dish ...
, a French dish of vegetables or meat tightly wrapped in vegetable leaves and cooked in a mould
Religion
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Carthusians
The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians ( la, Ordo Cartusiensis), are a Latin enclosed religious order of the Catholic Church. The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has its ...
, a Catholic religious order and their buildings
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Grande Chartreuse
Grande Chartreuse () is the head monastery of the Carthusian religious order. It is located in the Chartreuse Mountains, north of the city of Grenoble, in the commune of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse (Isère), France.
History
Originally, the ch ...
, a monastery in the Chartreuse Mountains
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Carthusian monastery
This is a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the Carthusians (also known as the Order of Saint Bruno) for monks and nuns, arranged by location under their present countries. Also ...
, in the French language
Music
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''La chartreuse de Parme'' (opera), of 1839 by Henri Sauguet, based on the Stendhal novel
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Chartreuse", a 2012 song by ZZ Top about the French liqueur
Other
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Chartreuse (color)
Chartreuse (, , ), also known as yellow-green, is a color between yellow and green. It was named because of its resemblance to the green color of a French liqueur called '' green chartreuse'', introduced in 1764. Similarly, ''chartreuse yellow'' ...
, a yellow-green color named after the liqueur
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Shades of chartreuse
Shades of chartreuse are listed below. Historically, many of these colors have gone under the name of either yellow or green, as the specifics of their color composition was not known until later.
Wrapping the spectrum into a color wheel
In a ...
, a list of colors that fall under the category of chartreuse.
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Chartreuse Mountains
The Chartreuse Mountains (french: massif de la Chartreuse ) 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 a ...
, a range of mountains in France
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The Charterhouse of Parma
''The Charterhouse of Parma'' (french: La Chartreuse de Parme, links=no) is a novel by Stendhal published in 1839. Telling the story of an Italian nobleman in the Napoleonic era and later, it was admired by Balzac, Tolstoy, André Gide, di Lam ...
'' (French: ''La Chartreuse de Parme''), an 1839 novel by Stendhal
See also
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Chartreux
The Chartreux is a rare breed of cat from France, and is recognised by a number of registries around the world. The Chartreux is large and muscular (called ''cobby'') with relatively short, fine-boned limbs, and very fast reflexes. They are know ...
, a breed of cat
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Institution des Chartreux, a private school
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Charterhouse (disambiguation)
Charterhouse may refer to:
* Charterhouse (monastery), of the Carthusian religious order
Charterhouse may also refer to:
Places
* The Charterhouse, Coventry, a former monastery
* Charterhouse School, an English public school in Surrey
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