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Cartuja de Porta Coeli(Serra)

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It is a monastery of the Carthusian order located in the vall de Lullén, in the municipality of Serra, Valencia. The Carthusian monastery of Portaceli was the first monastery of the religious order of the Carthusian monks founded in Valencia in 1272. Portaceli was built on the remains of a small Andalusian settlement in the valley of Lullén acquired by Andreu Albalat, confessor to King James I and founder of the monastery. Originally built in Gothic style, throughout its history it was reformed according to the architectural styles of each period: Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque and Neoclassical. Attached to the Charterhouse is a 15th century Gothic aqueduct.

Portaceli was a centre of political and religious influence of the first order. Within its walls the first bible was translated into Valencian by Bonifacio Ferrer, brother of Saint Vincent. Part of the Carthusian monastery's heritage, the work of Ribalta, Camarón and Planes, is mainly deposited in the San Pío V Museum in Valencia.

With the disentailment of Mendizábal in 1835, the priory was divided into three farmhouses: La Mayoralía, La Pobleta and La Torre, and its assets passed into private hands. The Carthusian monks of Portaceli reoccupied the monastery in the 1940s. In 2006, the monastery was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest with the category of monument. It is not currently open to the public.

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