Mystras
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/410249370
37.0725789086, 22.3681006614
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Archaeological Site of Mystras (AD 1200 - AD 1499) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Mystras (English, modern)
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settlement, archaeological site
Pleiades
Mystras, referred to as the 'wonder of the Morea', dates to 1249 and was built by the prince of Achaia, William of Villehardouin. It was conquered by the Byzantines, then subsequently occupied by both the Turks and the Venetians. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the site was the capital of the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea. The city was abandoned in 1832.
Jeffrey Becker, Ingrid Luo, Tom Elliott, and Brady Kiesling, 'Mystras: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/410249370> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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