{"id":2362,"date":"2022-01-04T10:02:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T09:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ticketsgranadacristiana.com\/2022\/01\/04\/refectory-hall-profundis-monastery-cartuja-granada\/"},"modified":"2022-01-04T10:02:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T09:02:14","slug":"refectory-hall-profundis-monastery-cartuja-granada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ticketsgranadacristiana.com\/en\/refectory-hall-profundis-monastery-cartuja-granada\/","title":{"rendered":"The Refectory and the Sala de Profundis – Carthusian Monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"

The refectory and the sala de profundis of the Monastery of La Cartuja de Granada constitute two of the corresponding areas of its common rooms. <\/strong>Both are organised by means of the cloister, a 17th century work dedicated to communal life.<\/p>\n

Would you like to know more about these two rooms of the Monastery of the Carthusian Monastery<\/strong><\/a>? Read on!<\/p>\n

The Refectory of the Cartuja Monastery in Granada<\/h3>\n
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The refectory is a simple room with a ribbed vault, with Gothic evocations, which shows the austerity of the Carthusian monks. It was built between 1531 and 1550. <\/strong>It has three semicircular arched windows and a simple oculus that provide light and a masonry bench that runs along the room. The pulpit next to the entrance is preserved.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the kitchen and pantries are located on the south side at a lower level.<\/p>\n

Today, we can see on its walls valuable paintings by Fray Juan S\u00e1nchez Cot\u00e1, who entered as a Carthusian monk in Granada in 1603.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the head of the church is the painting of the Holy Supper. In this painting he wanted to show the sensation that it was taking place in the same room by means of perspective and lighting effects. <\/p>\n

The floor depicted is the same as that of the Refectory, as are the two windows in the background, which seem to form part of the architecture. The faces of the figures in the painting are very naturalistic.<\/p>\n

Above this painting, he painted a cross using the trompe l’oeil technique to create a relief effect.<\/p>\n

The other paintings in the Refectory belong to three different series:<\/p>\n