Mystras, Peloponnese, Greece
Mystras, ruined fortified town, capital of the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, 14th - 15th century, on Mount Taygetus near ancient Sparta, in Peloponnese, Laconia, Greece. The Byzantine town full of churches decorated with frescoes was also settled by the Ottomans but was abandoned in the 1830s and is now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14021846
Media ID
45686203
Size
8268px x 6217px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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Byzantium Despotate Fortified Frescoes Hellenic Laconia Lakonia Mistras Morea Mystras Myzethras Myzithras Ottomans Palaeologan Peloponnese Settled Sparta Taugetus Taygetos Taygetus
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