The Charterhouse of Scala or Scaladei islocated at the foot of the Sierra de Montsant  in the village of  Escaladei, municipality of La Morera de Montsant . The monastery , declared a national cultural interest, dating from the twelfth century is the first order of San Bruno on the Iberian Peninsula .  It underwent successive renovations until the eighteenth century in which there were three cloisters and up to 30 cells. It was a center of religious interest and had an important school of painting headed by Joaquin Juncosa. The current name of the region, El Priorat, comes from the existence of this monastery. In1835, after being expropriated by the state it was abandoned  and this resulted in the destruction of the whole.

Today, you can visit the ruins in which you can see the Baroque portal of the Mother of God, the church and a reconstructed cell with furniture and utensils from the monastic life so as to imagine how the Carthusian monks lived.