Mys­tras, the ‘won­der of the Morea‘, was built as an amphithe­atre around the fortress erect­ed in 1249 by the prince of Acha­ia, 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.