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!!!Žiče Charterhouse (Carthusian monastery)

[{Image src='CIMG3227.jpg' caption='Žiče Charterhouse (Carthusian monastery)\\© D. Kaiser' alt='Žiče Charterhouse (Carthusian monastery)' height='500' width='667' class='image_left'}] Although at some stage hundreds of Charterhouses existed most have stopped to be active, or have been taken over by other orders, like Francisancs or Benedictines. 

The only Charterhouse in Slovenia that is still active is the [Pleterje-Charterhouse|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleterje_Charterhouse] neaer Šentjernej [{GoogleMap location='Šentjernej'}].In Italy there are two active ones, in Dog and Vedana, there are none left in Austria and Germany, [one in Switzerland|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Valsainte_Charterhouse].

A few exist outside Europe (particularly in South America). 

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