The fortified city of Mystras, Peloponnese, Greece, 13th century

The fortified city of Mystras, Peloponnese, Greece, 13th century

Mystras was a major late medieval fortified city in the Peloponnese, Greece, founded in the 13th century. The site 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, William II Villehardhouin, was captured on the battlefield of Pelagonia by the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, 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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