Mystras

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title: Mystras
text: Mystras or Mistras, also known in the Chronicle of the Morea as Myzethras or Myzithras (Μυζηθρᾶς), is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Situated on Mt. Taygetus, above ancient Sparta, and below a Frankish castle, it served as the capital of the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea in the 14th and 15th centuries, experiencing a period of prosperity and cultural flowering during the Palaeologan Renaissance, including the teachings of Gemistos Plethon. The city
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description: Fortified town in Peloponnese, Greece
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystras
date created: 2003-08-19T21:00:38Z
date modified: 2024-09-09T16:27:06Z
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