Chartreuse

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Chartreuse (French: [ʃɑʁtʁøz]) may refer to:

Food

• Chartreuse (liqueur), a French liqueur
• Chartreuse (dish), a French dish of vegetables or meat tightly wrapped in vegetable leaves and cooked in a mould

Colors

• Chartreuse (color), a yellow-green color named after the liqueur

Geography

• Chartreuse Mountains, a range of mountains in France

Religion

• The Carthusians, a Catholic religious order and their buildings
  • Grande Chartreuse, a monastery in the Chartreuse Mountains
  • Any Carthusian monastery, in the French language

Literature

• The Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme), an 1839 novel by Stendhal

Music

• La chartreuse de Parme (opera), of 1839 by Henri Sauguet, based on the Stendhal novel
• "Chartreuse", a 2012 song by ZZ Top about the French liqueur

See also

• Chartreux, a breed of cat
• Institution des Chartreux, a private school
• Charterhouse (disambiguation)