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Archaeological Site of Mystras

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Greece
Date of Inscription: 1989
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)
Prefecture of Laconia, Region of the Peloponnesos
N37 4 50.016 E22 22 0.012
Ref: 511

Brief Description

Mystras, the 'wonder of the Morea', was built as an amphitheatre around the fortress erected in 1249 by the prince of Achaia, William of Villehardouin. Reconquered by the Byzantines, then occupied by the Turks and the Venetians, the city was abandoned in 1832, leaving only the breathtaking medieval ruins, standing in a beautiful landscape.

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