Mystras

Mystras

Mystras

Mystras or Mistras (Greek: Μυστρᾶς/Μιστρᾶς), also known in the Chronicle of the Morea as Myzethras or Myzithras (Μυζηθρᾶς), is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Situated in the Taygetus range, above ancient Sparta, and below a "Frankish" castle, it served as the capital of the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea in the 14th and 15th centuries, experiencing a period of prosperity and cultural flowering during the Palaeologan Renaissance, including the teachings of Gemistos Plethon. The city also attracted artists and architects of the highest quality.

Mystras remained inhabited throughout the Ottoman period, when foreign travellers mistook it for ancient Sparta. In the 1830s, it was abandoned and the new town of Sparta was built, approximately eight kilometres to the east. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Sparta municipality.[4] As an exceptionally well-preserved example of a Byzantine city and because of its testimony to the development of Late Byzantine and Post-byzantine art, Mystras was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1989.

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Mystras Hill. Mystras 2
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Mystras Hill. Mystras 2

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Mystras Hill. Mystras 3

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Mystras Hill. Mystras 4

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Mystras Hill. Mystras 5

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Mystras Hill. Mystras 6

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Mystras Hill. Mystras 7
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Mystras Hill. Mystras 7

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Mystras Hill. Mystras 8
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Mystras Hill. Mystras 8

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Mystras Hill. Mystras 9
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Mystras Hill. Mystras 9

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Mystras Citadel. Mystras 10
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Mystras Citadel. Mystras 10

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Mystras Citadel. Mystras 11
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Mystras Citadel. Mystras 11

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Mystras Citadel. Mystras 19
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Mystras Citadel. Mystras 19

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Mystras Palace. Mystras 20
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Mystras Palace. Mystras 20

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Mystras Palace. Mystras 21
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Mystras Palace. Mystras 21

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Mystras Palace. Mystras 24
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Mystras Palace. Mystras 24

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Mystras Palace. Mystras 25
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Mystras Palace. Mystras 25

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Agia Sofia Church. Mystras 26
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Agia Sofia Church. Mystras 26

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Agia Sofia Church. Mystras 27
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Agia Sofia Church. Mystras 27

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Agia Sofia Church. Mystras 28
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Agia Sofia Church. Mystras 28

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Brick dome with windows. Agia Sofia Church. Mystras 29
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Brick dome with windows. Agia Sofia Church. Mystras 29

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Agia Sofia Church. Mystras 30
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Agia Sofia Church. Mystras 30

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Fresco. Agia Sofia Church. Mystras 31
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Fresco. Agia Sofia Church. Mystras 31

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Agioi Theodoroi Church. Mystras 32
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Agioi Theodoroi Church. Mystras 32

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Agioi Theodoroi Church. Mystras 33
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Agioi Theodoroi Church. Mystras 33

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Agioi Theodoroi Church. Mystras 34
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Agioi Theodoroi Church. Mystras 34

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Dome. Agioi Theodoroi Church. Mystras 35
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Dome. Agioi Theodoroi Church. Mystras 35

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Fresco. Agioi Theodoroi Church. Mystras 36
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Fresco. Agioi Theodoroi Church. Mystras 36

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Agios Nikolaos Church. Mystras 37
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Agios Nikolaos Church. Mystras 37

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Dome. Agios Nikolaos Church. Mystras 38
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Dome. Agios Nikolaos Church. Mystras 38

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Fresco. Agios Nikolaos Church. Mystras 39
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Fresco. Agios Nikolaos Church. Mystras 39

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Evangelistria Church. Mystras 40
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Evangelistria Church. Mystras 40

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Evangelistria Church. Mystras 41
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Evangelistria Church. Mystras 41

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Saint George Church. Mystras 42
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Saint George Church. Mystras 42

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Hodigitria. Mystras 43
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Hodigitria. Mystras 43

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Hodigitria. Mystras 44
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Hodigitria. Mystras 44

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Hodigitria. Mystras 45

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Hodigitria. Mystras 47
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Hodigitria. Mystras 47

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Fresco. Hodigitria. Mystras 48
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Fresco. Hodigitria. Mystras 48

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Mystras Metropolis. Mystras 49
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Dome. Mystras Metropolis. Mystras 57
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Dome. Mystras Metropolis. Mystras 57

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Fresco. Mystras Metropolis. Mystras 58
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Fresco. Mystras Metropolis. Mystras 58

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Fresco. Mystras Metropolis. Mystras 59
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Fresco. Mystras Metropolis. Mystras 59

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Pantanassa Monastery. Mystras 60
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Pantanassa Monastery. Mystras 60

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Pantanassa Monastery. Mystras 61
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Pantanassa Monastery. Mystras 61

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Pantanassa Monastery. Mystras 62
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Pantanassa Monastery. Mystras 62

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Pantanassa Monastery. Mystras 63
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Pantanassa Monastery. Mystras 64
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Pantanassa Monastery. Mystras 64

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Pantanassa Monastery. Mystras 65
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Pantanassa Monastery. Mystras 65

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Fresco. Pantanassa Monastery. Mystras 66
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Fresco. Pantanassa Monastery. Mystras 66

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Peribleptos Monastery. Mystras 67
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Peribleptos Monastery. Mystras 67

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Peribleptos Monastery. Mystras 68
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Peribleptos Monastery. Mystras 68

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Peribleptos Monastery. Mystras 69
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Peribleptos Monastery. Mystras 69

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Dome. Peribleptos Monastery. Mystras 70
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Dome. Peribleptos Monastery. Mystras 70

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Fresco. Peribleptos Monastery. Mystras 71
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Fresco. Peribleptos Monastery. Mystras 71

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Fresco. Peribleptos Monastery. Mystras 72
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Fresco. Peribleptos Monastery. Mystras 72

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Mystras Citadel. Mystras 73
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Mystras Citadel. Mystras 73

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Archeological Site of Mystras. Aerial view. Mystras 74
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Archeological Site of Mystras. Aerial view. Mystras 74

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Aerial view. Mystras 75
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Aerial view. Mystras 75

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View of Mistra by Coronelli 1686. Mystras 76
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View of Mistra by Coronelli 1686. Mystras 76

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Mystras around 1850. Drawing by W.H. Bartlett, engraving by R. Sands. Mystras 77
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Mystras around 1850. Drawing by W.H. Bartlett, engraving by R. Sands. Mystras 77

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Plan. 1. Main entrance; 2. Metropolis; 3. Evangelistria Church; 4. Church of Saints Theodores; 5. Hodigitria-Afendiko; 6. Monemvasia Gate; 7. Church of Saint Nicholas; 8. Despot's Palace and square; 9. Nauplia Gate; 10. Upper entrance to the citadel; 11. Church of Hagia Sophia; 12. Small Palace; 13. Citadel; 14. Mavroporta; 15. Pantanassa; 16. Church of the Taxiarchs; 17. House of John Phrangopoulos; 18. Peribleptos Monastery; 19. Church of Saint George; 20. Krevatas House; 21. Marmara (entrance); 22. Aï-Yannakis; 23. Laskaris' House; 24. Church of Saint Christopher; 25. Ruins; 26. Church of Saint Kyriaki. Mystras 78
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Plan. 1. Main entrance; 2. Metropolis; 3. Evangelistria Church; 4. Church of Saints Theodores; 5. Hodigitria-Afendiko; 6. Monemvasia Gate; 7. Church of Saint Nicholas; 8. Despot's Palace and square; 9. Nauplia Gate; 10. Upper entrance to the citadel; 11. Church of Hagia Sophia; 12. Small Palace; 13. Citadel; 14. Mavroporta; 15. Pantanassa; 16. Church of the Taxiarchs; 17. House of John Phrangopoulos; 18. Peribleptos Monastery; 19. Church of Saint George; 20. Krevatas House; 21. Marmara (entrance); 22. Aï-Yannakis; 23. Laskaris' House; 24. Church of Saint Christopher; 25. Ruins; 26. Church of Saint Kyriaki. Mystras 78

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