Greece - Mystras - 06 By GiardQatar Watch

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"Mystras, the 'Wonder of the Morea', was built as an amphitheatre around the fortress erected in 1249 by William of Villehardouin. Reconquered by the Byzantines, then occupied by the Turks and the Venetians, the city was abandoned in 1832, leaving only the breathtaking medieval ruins, standing in a beautiful landscape. The complex of the ruins of Mystras offers the image of a city with a brilliant destiny that was deserted by men and threatened by the return of encroaching vegetation, which is splitting the walls and covering the slopes, thus destroying here and there fragile traces of history." (Extract from whc.unesco.org/en/list/511)



The city was divided into four layers. The lower city, the middle city, the high city and the citadel (fortress) at the summit of the hill.



Here somewhere on the middle city (maybe high city). It is the opposite side of the photo "Greece - Mystras - 04" submitted earlier.



Three shots (-2,0,2) processed in Photomatix and Photoshop

IMAGE DETAILS Image size 3422x5158px 22.12 MB Make Canon Model Canon EOS 7D Shutter Speed 1/250 second Aperture F/4.4 Focal Length 18 mm ISO Speed 200 Date Taken Oct 24, 2012, 9:36:51 AM Show More

Published : Aug 25, 2013