Pantanassa Monastery
The Pantanassa Monastery (Greek Μονή Παντανάσσης ) is a monastery consecrated to the Mother of God Pantanassa in the Byzantine city of Mystras in the Peloponnese (Greece).
history
The monastery was founded in the 15th century by Johannes Phrangopoulos, a high official of the Despotate Morea . According to an inscription, the church was consecrated in September 1428.
In the middle of the 19th century it was converted from a monastery to a nunnery of the Greek Orthodox Church . It is the only monastery still active in Mystras. The nuns manage it largely independently, i. In other words, they farm and process their products themselves.
architecture
The monastery consists of numerous buildings: main church, Klausen , a refectory , a kitchen, bathrooms, storage rooms , a cistern , a hospital, rooms for guests and numerous other commercial buildings.
The main church forms the center of the monastery, the construction was carried out under the influence of Western European architectural styles, especially the Gothic . The other buildings were arranged around the church and the entire complex was secured with a stone wall.
Wall painting
The church of the monastery contains very well-preserved wall paintings depicting biblical scenes and saints, which were made by Byzantine painters mostly in the middle of the 15th century.
literature
- Manolis Chatzidakis : Mistra. The medieval city and its castle . Ekdotike Athenon, Athens 1985, pp. 95-107.
- Maria Aspra-Bardabakē: Ē Monē tēs Pantanassas ston Mystra. Oi toichographies tu 15u aiōna . Emporikē Trapeza tēs Ellados, Athens 2005, ISBN 960-7059-17-4 .
- Stephanos Sinos: Ē architektonikē tu kathiku tēs Monēs tēs Pantanassas tu Mystra . Pataki, Athens 2013, ISBN 978-960-16-4735-7 .
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Coordinates: 37 ° 4 ′ 24.1 ″ N , 22 ° 22 ′ 8.2 ″ E