Pantanassa Monastery

Sparta Municipality, Greece

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

The Pantanassa Monastery, located in Mystras within the Peloponnese region of Greece, is a former Eastern Orthodox monastery founded in 1401 by Giannis Frankopoulos, a chief minister of the late-Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, and formally dedicated in September 1428. Though monks have long since departed, the monastery remains inhabited by nuns and welcomes visitors—making it the sole permanently occupied religious community among Mystras's once-numerous monastic houses. Its façade, executed in a distinctive blend of Byzantine and Gothic Revival styles, is distinguished by beautifully ornate stone carving. The monastery forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Mystras, designated in 1989.