Mystras
Mystras or Mistras, also known in the Chronicle of the Morea as Myzethras or Myzithras, is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Protected area
- Description: fortified medieval city in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece
- Also known as: “Archaeological Site of Mystras”, “Mezistre”, “Mistra”, “Mistras”, “Mistrás”, and “Mizistra”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pantanassa Monastery and Saint Sophia.
Pantanassa Monastery
Church
Photo: Ed89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pantanassa Monastery is a monastery in Mystras, Greece. It was founded by a chief minister of the late Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, John Frankopoulos, and was dedicated in September 1428.
Saint Sophia
Church
Photo: Ed89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of Hagia Sophia or Holy Wisdom is a Byzantine church in the fortified medieval town of Mystras, Peloponnese, Greece. It forms part of the wider archaeological site of Mystras, which is designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Magoula and Mystras.
Magoula
Suburb
Magoula is a district of modern Sparta city in Laconia, Greece. It is the former seat of the Mystras municipality. It is basically the evolution of a small village that has been attached to the growing Sparta city.
Mystras
- Categories: archaeological site, fortified town, tourism, tourist attraction, and historic site
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.0727° or 37° 4′ 22″ northLongitude
22.368° or 22° 22′ 5″ eastPopulation
4,240Elevation
358 metres (1,175 feet)Open location code
8G9439F9+35OpenStreetMap ID
way 969401097OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Mystras” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مدينة ميستراس”
- Arabic: “ميستراس”
- Asturian: “Mistra”
- Basque: “Mistra”
- Belarusian: “Містра”
- Bulgarian: “Мистра”
- Bulgarian: “Мистрас”
- Catalan: “Mistra”
- Catalan: “Mistràs”
- Chinese: “米斯特拉斯”
- Chinese: “米斯特拉斯考古遗址”
- Croatian: “Mistras”
- Croatian: “Mystras”
- Czech: “Mystra”
- Czech: “Mystras”
- Danish: “Mystras”
- Dutch: “Archeologische plaats Mystras”
- Dutch: “Mistra”
- Dutch: “Mystras”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميستراس”
- Esperanto: “Mistraso”
- Finnish: “Mistra”
- Finnish: “Mystras”
- Finnish: “Μυστράς”
- French: “Misitra”
- French: “Mistra”
- French: “Mistras”
- French: “Mystras”
- French: “Mystrás”
- French: “Myzithras”
- French: “Myzithrás”
- French: “Site archéologique de Mystras”
- Georgian: “მისტრა”
- German: “Misithra”
- German: “Misthra”
- German: “Mistras”
- German: “Mystras”
- Greek: “Mystrás”
- Greek: “Αρχαιολογικός Χώρος του Μυστρά”
- Greek: “Βυζαντινή Καστροπολιτεία Μυστρά”
- Greek: “Μυζηθράς”
- Greek: “Μυστράς”
- Hebrew: “מיסטרס”
- Hindi: “मिस्ट्रस”
- Hungarian: “Misztra”
- Hungarian: “Misztrász”
- Indonesian: “Mystras”
- Italian: “Castello bizantino di Mistra”
- Italian: “Mistra”
- Italian: “Mistrà”
- Italian: “Mystras”
- Japanese: “ミストラ”
- Japanese: “ミストラス”
- Japanese: “ミストラスの考古学遺跡”
- Japanese: “ミストラ遺跡”
- Korean: “미스트라스”
- Latin: “Mystras”
- Latin: “Myzethras”
- Lithuanian: “Mistra”
- Macedonian: “Mistra”
- Macedonian: “Mistrá”
- Macedonian: “Mistras”
- Macedonian: “Mistràs”
- Macedonian: “Misztra”
- Macedonian: “Mystras”
- Macedonian: “Myzethras”
- Macedonian: “Μυστράς”
- Macedonian: “Мистра”
- Macedonian: “Містра”
- Macedonian: “მისტრა”
- Macedonian: “מיסטרס”
- Macedonian: “میستراس”
- Macedonian: “ミストラス”
- Macedonian: “米斯特拉斯”
- Malayalam: “മീസ്ട്രാസ്”
- Maltese: “Mistras”
- Maltese: “Mystras”
- Mingrelian: “მისტრა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mistrá”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mystras”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mystrás”
- Norwegian: “Mystras”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mistra”
- Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928): “مزستره”
- Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928): “میزستره”
- Persian: “ميستراس”
- Persian: “میستراس”
- Polish: “Mistra”
- Polish: “Mistras”
- Polish: “Mystras”
- Portuguese: “Mistras”
- Romanian: “Mistras”
- Russian: “Древний город Мистра”
- Russian: “Мистра”
- Russian: “Мистрас”
- Serbian: “Μυστράς”
- Serbian: “Мистра”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mistras”
- Slovak: “Mystras”
- Slovenian: “Mistra”
- Spanish: “Mistra”
- Spanish: “Mistrá”
- Spanish: “Mistras”
- Spanish: “Mystras”
- Spanish: “Sitio arqueológico de Mistras”
- Swedish: “Mistras”
- Swedish: “Mystra”
- Swedish: “Mystras”
- Swiss German: “Mystras”
- Tatar: “Мистра борынгы каласы археологик урыны”
- Tosk Albanian: “Mystras”
- Turkish: “Mistra”
- Turkish: “Mystras”
- Ukrainian: “Містра”
- Venetian: “Mistrà”
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