Mystras

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site former settlement medieval fortified town

Mystras is a fortified medieval town in the Peloponnese of Greece that served as a major Byzantine political, cultural, and religious center in the late Middle Ages.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mystras canonical	19
Mystras archaeological site	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ former settlement ⓘ medieval fortified town ⓘ
adminRegion	Peloponnese ⓘ surface form: Region of Peloponnese
associatedWith	Gemistos Plethon ⓘ Palaiologos dynasty ⓘ surface form: Palaeologan dynasty
conqueredBy	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
conqueredIn	1460 ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
declinePeriod	after the Ottoman conquest ⓘ
fortificationType	castle town ⓘ
foundedBy	William II of Villehardouin ⓘ
foundedIn	1249 ⓘ
hasFeature	Byzantine architecture ⓘ surface form: Byzantine churches city walls ⓘ fortified citadel ⓘ monasteries ⓘ narrow medieval streets ⓘ palace complex ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Byzantine monument complex ⓘ
historicalEra	Byzantine period ⓘ Late Middle Ages ⓘ
knownFor	Byzantine frescoes ⓘ intellectual life in the 14th and 15th centuries ⓘ late Byzantine architecture ⓘ
locatedIn	Laconia ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ
locatedNear	Sparta ⓘ
locatedOn	Taygetos mountain slopes ⓘ
nearbyModernSettlement	modern village of Mystras ⓘ
notableBuilding	Church of Saint Demetrios ⓘ surface form: Cathedral of Saint Demetrios Church of Hagia Sophia (Mystras) ⓘ Monastery of Pantanassa ⓘ Monastery of Peribleptos ⓘ Palace of the Despots ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Despotate of the Morea ⓘ
peakFlourishingPeriod	14th century ⓘ 15th century ⓘ
religiousTradition	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
servedAs	Byzantine cultural center ⓘ Byzantine political center ⓘ Byzantine religious center ⓘ capital of the Despotate of the Morea ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism destination ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType	cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince	1989 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Despot of the Morea → seatOfGovernment → Mystras ⓘ

Despot of the Morea → residence → Mystras ⓘ

Morea → capital → Mystras ⓘ

Morea → containsCity → Mystras ⓘ

Morea → notableSite → Mystras ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mystras archaeological site

Theodora Tocco → placeOfBurial → Mystras ⓘ

Laconia → contains → Mystras ⓘ

World Heritage Sites in Greece → hasSite → Mystras ⓘ

Manuel Kantakouzenos → associatedWith → Mystras ⓘ

Manuel Kantakouzenos → seatOfPower → Mystras ⓘ

Theodore I Palaiologos → capital → Mystras ⓘ

Theodore I Palaiologos → associatedWith → Mystras ⓘ

Despotate of the Morea → capital → Mystras ⓘ

Despotate of the Morea → notableCity → Mystras ⓘ

Despotate of the Morea → culturalCenter → Mystras ⓘ

Despotate of the Morea → administrativeCenter → Mystras ⓘ

Mistra → modernMunicipalityName → Mystras ⓘ

Lakonia → contains → Mystras ⓘ

Laconia regional unit → containsHistoricSite → Mystras ⓘ

Tsintzina → locatedNear → Mystras ⓘ