Vordonia (Greek: Βορδόνια) is a small village in the base of Taygetos mountain, in

Laconia Laconia or Lakonia (, , ) is a historical and Administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparti (municipality), Sparta. The word ...

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. The village is divided into three communities (Kampos, Kato Hora and Pano Hora) and is part of the municipality of

Sparti Sparta (, ) is a city and municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas Valley. The municipality was merged with six nearby municipalities in 2011, for a total population (as of 2021) of ...

. The name Vordonia is believed to harken back to the Villehardouin family, the first ruling dynasty of the

Principality of Achaea The Principality of Achaea () or Principality of Morea was one of the vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. It became a vassal of the Kingdom of Thes ...

after the

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(1204). William II Villehardouin located his capital at the town of

Mystras Mystras or Mistras (), also known in the '' Chronicle of the Morea'' as Myzethras or Myzithras (Μυζηθρᾶς), is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Situated on Mount Taygetus, above ancient Sparta, ...

, some 10 km SW of Vordonia. The Crusader castle located above the village lends credibility to this hypothesis.

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Populated places in Laconia Sparta, Laconia {{Peloponnese-geo-stub

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