Pleterje Carthusian Monastery — Local services in Šentjernej

Despite a GPS error guiding us to the wrong gate (park outside the walls and walk into the shop), we found the entry gate and shop. The chap there was very helpful and we purchased the pear brandy with a pear grown inside the bottle(strong, clear brandy with a good taste). We were then able to walk up to the church which has amazing acoustics (apparently assisted by resonant acoustic spheres) and a beautiful but humble...

At the entrance on the right you have a small village with animals freely walking around and where you can see how people lived in ages ago. Monastery itself it cannot be visit fully but tou can admire the outside of it and also enter to one of the church. If you are lucky you can hear monks singing and it really is...

Kartuzija Pleterje leži v tihi dolini ob vznožju Gorjancev, s severne strani pa jo obdajajo vinorodna pobočja Pleterskega hriba (282 m). Pleterje je oddaljeno 2 km od bližnjega Šentjerneja, od koder vodi pot do kartuzije skozi vas Šmarje. Sklop kartuzije Pleterje obdaja visoko obzidje kot ločnica med zunanjim svetom in skrivnostnim svetom tišine in miru. Samostanski svet obsega staro kartuzijo, od katere so se ohranili stara gotska cerkev, nadstropna zakristija ter ostanki križnega hodnika z delom kapiteljskega trakta in refektorija, in novo kartuzijo z vsemi pripadajočimi poslopji, ki pa so za obiskovalce nedostopni. Pred samostanskim kompleksom se je izoblikoval muzej na prostem . Ta je sprva nastal predvsem iz spomeniškovarstvenih potreb, vendar vedno bolj prevzema tudi funkcijo promocije kartuzije in...