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The Pantanassa Monastery ( el, Μονή Παντανάσσης) is a monastery in
The Pantanassa Monastery ( el, Μονή Παντανάσσης) is a monastery in Mystras
Mystras or Mistras ( el, Μυστρᾶς/Μιστρᾶς), also known in the ''Chronicle of the Morea'' as Myzithras (Μυζηθρᾶς), is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Situated on Mt. Taygetus, nea ...
, Greece
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. It was founded by a chief minister of the late Byzantine
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Despotate of the Morea
The Despotate of the Morea ( el, Δεσποτᾶτον τοῦ Μορέως) or Despotate of Mystras ( el, Δεσποτᾶτον τοῦ Μυστρᾶ) was a province of the Byzantine Empire which existed between the mid-14th and mid-15th centu ...
, John Frankopoulos John Phrangopoulos or Frankopoulos ( el, Ἰωάννης Φραγγόπουλος) was a Byzantine aristocrat and senior official in the Despotate of the Morea.
Member of a noble family of Frankish origin, he was ''protostrator'' and ''katholikos ...
, 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.
See also
*History of Roman and Byzantine domes
Domes were a characteristic element of the architecture of Ancient Rome and of its medieval continuation, the Byzantine Empire. They had widespread influence on contemporary and later styles, from Russian and Ottoman architecture to the Italian R ...
References
Byzantine monasteries in Greece Mystras Christian monasteries established in the 15th century Religious buildings and structures completed in 1428 Buildings and structures in Laconia {{Greece-christian-monastery-stub