The Churches of Mystras

Cathedral of Agios Demetrios
Church of Evangelistria
Church of Saints Theodore
Hodegetria-Aphendiko (Annunciation)
Church of Agios Nikolas
Church of Agia Sophia
Monastery Church of Panagia Pantanassa
Monastery Church of Panagia Peribleptos
Taxiarchs or Archangels (not shown)
Church of Agios Georgios
Agios Christopher (not shown)
​Agia Kyriake (not shown)​

There are several churches among the numerous buildings of Mystras. Some are quite large with frescoes that are in different states of preservation. Some are small chapels. What is stunning is that there are the eleven churches all within a gates of Mystras, and whle it seems vast they covers only a few acres. That there are so many churches points to the importance of Mystras as the Byzantine ecclesiastical and political center during the 14th and 15th centuries. Mystras was abandoned as a "city" in the early 19th c. and many of inhabitants moved to the new city of Sparta. The links on the left will take you to each church.​ At its apex its population was 20,000.
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