Peribleptos Monastery
The Peribleptos Monastery is a late Byzantine-era monastery in Mystras, Greece. It was probably built in the mid-14th century by the first Despot of the Morea, Manuel Kantakouzenos, and named after one of the most celebrated monasteries of Byzantine Constantinople.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Description: Byzantine church in Mystras, Laconia, Greece
- Also known as: “Peribleptos Monastery, Mystras”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mystras and Pantanassa Monastery.
Mystras
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mystras is a fortress town and archaeological site in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, known for its ruins from the Byzantine era. During its heyday as a medieval city, it was the capital of the Despotate of Morea, a rump state that was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the mid-15th century shortly after the fall of Constantinople.
Pantanassa Monastery
Church
Photo: Ed89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pantanassa Monastery is a former Eastern Orthodox monastery, now nunnery, located in Mystras, in the Peloponnese region of Greece. It was founded by a chief minister of the late-Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, Giannis Frankopoulos, and was dedicated in September 1428. Pantanassa Monastery is situated 240 metres northwest of Peribleptos Monastery.
Villehardouin Castle
Castle
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Villehardouin Castle is situated 350 metres west of Peribleptos Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mystras and Taygeti.
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. Magoula is situated 3 km east of Peribleptos Monastery.
Peribleptos Monastery
- Categories: monastery, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.0719° or 37° 4′ 19″ northLongitude
22.37091° or 22° 22′ 15″ eastOpen location code
8G9439CC+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 380477963OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodoxWikidata ID
Q4245001
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Peribleptos Monastery” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “monestir de Periblepte”
- Finnish: “Perivléptoksen luostari”
- French: “monastère de la Péribleptos”
- French: “Monastère de la Péribleptos”
- German: “Peribleptos-Kloster”
- Greek: “Μονή Παναγίας Περιβλέπτου”
- Greek: “Μονή Περιβλέπτου”
- Greek: “Περίβλεπτος”
- Italian: “Monastero di Periblepto”
- Italian: “Monastero di Perivleptos”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Peribleptos de Mystras”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Peribleptos”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Santa Maria Peribleptos”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Santa María Peribleptos”
- Spanish: “Panagia Peribleptos”
- Spanish: “Peribleptos”
- Spanish: “Santa Maria de Peribleptos”
- Spanish: “Santa María de Peribleptos”
- Spanish: “Santa Maria Peribleptos”
- Spanish: “Santa María Peribleptos”
- Spanish: “Theotokos Peribleptos”
- Tatar: “Мистрадагы Периблептос Изге Анасы кәшишханәсе”
- Tatar: “Мистрадагы Периблептос Панагия кәшишханәсе”
- Tatar: “Периблептос Изге Анасы кәшишханәсе”
- Turkish: “Peribleptos Manastırı”
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