Pantanassa Monastery
Former Eastern Orthodox monastery in the Peloponnese, Greece
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The Pantanassa Monastery (Greek: Μονή Παντανάσσης) is a former Eastern Orthodox monastery, now nunnery, located in Mystras, in the Peloponnese region of Greece. It was founded by a chief minister of the late-Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, Giannis Frankopoulos, and was dedicated in September 1428. Although abandoned by monks, it is inhabited by nuns and is open to visitors.[1] Mystras was once the home to several monasteries, it is the only monastery that remains permanently inhabited by a religious order.[2][3]
Μονή Παντανάσσης | |
The former monastery, now nunnery | |
  Location of the former monastery in Greece | |
 Interactive map of Pantanassa Monastery | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| People | |
| Founder | Giannis Frankopoulos |
| Architecture | |
| Status | |
| Functional status |
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| Style | |
| Completion date | 1428 |
| Site | |
| Location | Mystras, Peloponnese |
| Country | Greece |
| Coordinates | 37°04′23″N 22°22′08″E |
| Website | |
| Part of | Archaeological Site of Mystras |
| Criteria | Cultural: ii, iii, iv |
| Reference | 511 |
| Inscription | 1989 (13th Session) |
| Area | 54.43 ha (134.5 acres) |
| Buffer zone | 1,202.52 ha (2,971.5 acres) |
Its "beautifully ornate stone-carved façade" is of architectural note;[4][5] completed in a mix of Byzantine and Gothic Revival styles.[6] The former monastery is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Mystras, inscribed in 1989.
Gallery
Detail of the stone façade in 2017
A plan of Mystras, with the former monastery marked as number 15
Overlooking the former monastery, winter 2025
