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== Monastery of Pantanassa ==
The [[Monastery]] of Our Lady, Panagia the Pantanassa (''Queen of all'') is a female convent that founded in the 15th century (1428 AD) by ''John Phrangopoulos''. It is an excellent example of various styles of church architecture blending together harmoniously and blending into a single architectural unity. This monastery includes a [[catholicon]] of mixed architecture with exterior porticos and a bell tower. On the upper floor the wall paintings are dated from the mid fifteenth century. The paintings of the ground floor are from the eighteenth century.
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Image:PantanassaMystra2.JPG|Entrance of Monastery and view of Sparta
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=== Local tradition ===
Tradition has it that ''Theodora Tocco'', the first wife of [[Constantine XI Palaeiologos]], was buried in the '''Pantanassa'''. However, the historian ''Phratzis'' records that her mortal remains were buried in 1429 in the '''Monastery of the Life-Giving Spring''' (the '''Agia Sophia''' of Mystra).
== The Churches ==
