Archaeological Site of Mystras, Sparta, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe

Mystras or Mistras is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Situated on Mt. Taygetus, near ancient Sparta, 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. The site remained inhabited throughout the Ottoman period, when Western travellers mistook it for ancient Sparta. In the 1830s, it was abandoned and the new town of Sparti was built, approximately eight kilometres to the east. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Sparti municipality. 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.

00:00 Intro
00:15 Main Gate
02:20 Metropolis/Church of St. Demetrius
11:37 Church of the Evangelistria
12:47 Monastery of Pantanassa
18:43 Church of St. Theodoroi
20:27 Church of Hodegetria
23:58 Upper Gate
25:05 Castle
29:04 Church of St. Sophia
32:33 Church of St. Nicholas
35:05 Palace Complex
35:28 Taygetus

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