The fortified city of Mystras in the Peloponnese, Greece. Founded in the 13th century as the seat of the Latin Principality of Achaea following the fall of Constantinople to the crusaders in 1204.

The fortified city of Mystras in the Peloponnese, Greece. Founded in the 13th century as the seat of the Latin Principality of Achaea following the fall of Constantinople to the crusaders in 1204.

Mystras was a major late medieval fortified city in the Peloponnese, Greece founded in the 13th century. It became the seat of the Latin Principality of Achaea following the fall of Constantinople to the crusaders in 1204. In 1259, the city's Latin lord, Prince William II Villehardouin, was captured on the battlefield of Pelagonia by Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Paleologos who set him free in exchange for the castles of Monemvasia and Mystras. Palaces, churches with magnificent frescoes, and private houses reflect power, wealth, and artistic exchange between Byzantine East and Latin West.

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