Few foreigners realize that Sparta ... Mystras, which became the site of an extraordinary Byzantine renaissance over the next two centuries. Gemistos Plethon, credited with reviving interest in ...

The town developed down the hillside from the fortress built in 1249 by the prince of Achaia, William II of Villehardouin, at the top of a 620 m high hill overlooking Sparta ... the Despots, Mystras ...

The 45-room Euphoria Retreat is a wellness destination med-spa close to the Greek historical sites of medieval Mystras and ancient Sparta ... boulders that once were buildings, such as the ...

Many self-professed champions of freedom throughout the centuries have looked to ancient Sparta as an inspiration ... own cities’ defenses and even building entirely new cities to serve as ...

A singular cityscape The city of Sparta differed from Athens, having little monumental architecture and no single center. The remains of the Roman-era theater at the site of ancient Sparta are ...

They respected the Greeks and copied many things about their culture, including their buildings ... ‘ancient Greece’. Instead, Greece was divided up into small city-states, like Athens, Sparta ...