In the early 15th century, when Constantinople was under threat from the advancing Ottoman Turks, many Greek intellectuals, monks and artists fled the Byzantine capital and went to Mystra (or Mystras) in the southern Peloponnese near Sparta. Eventually these same Byzantine Greeks fled to Italy to escape the Ottamans. With them, came many ancient documents,…
Category: Greece
A powerful fortress
Due to its location on strategic military and commercial routes at the head of the Gulf of Corinthia on the narrow stretch of land connecting mainland Greece to the Peloponnese, Corinthia became rich and powerful in antiquity. The city was protected by the Acrocorinth, a towering citadel on a rock pinnacle standing about 300 to…
