Miraflores Charterhouse

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Miraflores Charterhouse
Native name Cartuja de Miraflores (Spanish)
Side facade
Location	Burgos, Castile and León, Spain
Founded	1442
Built	1401
Rebuilt	1454-1484
Restored	July 28, 1484
Architect	Juan de Colonia and Simón de Colonia
Architectural style(s)	Isabelline style
Governing body	Carthusian Order
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name	Cartuja de Miraflores
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	January 5, 1923
Reference no.	RI-51-0000238
Location of Miraflores Charterhouse in Spain

Miraflores Charterhouse (Spanish: Cartuja de Miraflores) is an Isabelline style charterhouse, or Carthusian monastery of the Order of the Carthusians, built on a hill (known as Miraflores) about three kilometres from the center of the Spanish city of Burgos, autonomous community of Castile and León.

Its origin dates back to 1442, when King John II of Castile donated a hunting lodge outside Burgos, which had been erected by his father Henry III of Castile "the Mourner" in 1401, to the Order of the Carthusians for its conversion into a monastery, thus fulfilling his father's wishes, as stated in his will. A fire in 1452 caused the destruction of the pavilion, and construction of a new building began in 1454. It is this building, which was placed under the patronage of Saint Mary of the Annunciation, which exists today. The construction was commissioned to Juan de Colonia, and was continued after his death by his son, Simón de Colonia, who completed the structure in 1484 at the behest of Queen Isabella I of Castile, surviving daughter of king John II of Castile and queen Isabella of Portugal, whose impressive buried are housed in the monastery.

It is a late-Gothic jewel, and its highlights include the church, whose Isabelline style western facade is decorated with the coats-of-arms of its founders. The monastery consists of a single nave with stellar vault and side chapels, and is topped by a polygonal apse.