Mistra
Byzantine hill-town. This is one of the broader, fertile valleys of south Greece, some 5 km across and with easy access to the sea at the south: an easier landscape than most in the Peloponnese but dominated by the massif of Mount Taygetus on the east. It was marked in all its aspects by an extraordinarily strong feeling for form. That was what gave Greek art and literature their immense impact on the other societies with whom they came into contact. (Boardman, 1986)