Mélan Charterhouse (French: Chartreuse de Mélan) is a former Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, located in the commune of Taninges, in the Haute-Savoie department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Originally established as a charterhouse for Carthusian nuns, it was later repurposed as a minor seminary and subsequently as a departmental orphanage.
Mélan Charterhouse (French: Chartreuse de Mélan) is a former Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, located in the commune of Taninges, in the Haute-Savoie department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Originally established as a charterhouse for Carthusian nuns, it was later repurposed as a minor seminary and subsequently as a departmental orphanage.
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