Pantanassa Monastery, Mystras

Name: Pantanassa Monastery
Address: Mystras, Greece

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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. It is the only monastery on the site still permanently inhabited. Today it is inhabited by nuns providing hospitality. Its "beautifully ornate stone-carved façade" is of architectural note. ()

Local name: Μονή Παντάνασσας Architectural style: Byzantine architectureCoordinates: 37°4'23"N, 22°22'8"E

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Pantanassa Monastery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mystras, Brontochion Monastery, Peribleptos Monastery, Mystras.

~610 ftNE
Historical place, Town
Mystras, Sparta, Laconia
3 min walk • The Archaeological Museum of Mystras is a museum in Mystras in Greece. In spite of its naming it is classified as a Byzantine museum.
~1180 ftNW
Monastery
Brontochion Monastery, Mystras
6 min walk • Brontochion Monastery is a monastery in Mystras, Greece. The abbot Pachomius incorporated into it the small church of the Hodegetria, or "Aphentikon", as the monastery's catholicon. The church was reconstructed and completed around 1310, with some scholars giving 1308-1312 as the construction dates and others 1310–1322.
~850 ftSE
Monastery
Peribleptos Monastery, Mystras
5 min walk • 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.
0.4 miSE
Town,
Mystras
11 min walk • Mystras or Mistras, also known in the Chronicle of the Morea as Myzithras, is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Situated on Mt.

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Nearby attractions include Mystras, Sparta, Laconia (3 min walk), Peribleptos Monastery, Mystras (5 min walk), Brontochion Monastery, Mystras (6 min walk).