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KASPAKAS (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 61615
Kaspakas is one of the most ancient villages of the island. It was
first inhabited at the end of the 11th or at the beginning of the 12th century.
Founder of the village was a Byzantine admiral, Kaspakas who built a tower in
the land given to him by the emperor Alexios A Komninos. It was said that Dukas
Alexios Mourtzouflos, a Byzantine emperor, had recoursed at the village when he
was persecuted by the crusaders the crucial night of the 12th of April 1204, when
Constandinoupolis was conquered
by them. The cape just north of Kaspakas is still called Mourtzouflos. Coasts
of the region are Aghios Yiannis and Karvounolakkos. On the rocky slopes at the
coast of Aghios Yiannis a small church was built before 1858. On the road from
Kaspakas to Kornos one can
see the church of Aghios Georgios. The land around once belonged to the Monastery
of Aghios Stefanos Kastamonitis of Mount Athos since 1363. As the water of
this region was abundant, a laundry house was constructed. A few stone basins
are whatever remained from it.
This text (extract) is cited May 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
KORNOS (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 61230
Kornos is first referred to in 1361 in register documents concerning
the possessions of Megisti Lavra
in the area. It is written that the inhabitants of Kornos - then called Koronos
- were yielded to the Monastery. Till 1914 it was a municipality and rather one
of the richest villages of the island. It is not a coincidence that many of the
owners of the houses of Romeikos
Gialos descend from Kornos. The village in cooperation with the municipality
of Myrina is profiting from Therma, medicinal water sources of the region.
Therma have been in use since 1415.
This text (extract) is cited May 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
MYRINA (Small town) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
PLATY (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 24120
Plati tends to become the suburb of Myrina. Many of Myrinas' inhabitants
built their houses "on the road to Plati". Besides, Plati's coasts are well valued
and are probably the most popular on the island. The village is first referred
to in a golden bull document of 1355. This document grants the village to the
Monastery of Philothei of Mount
Athos. Turks used to call it Passa-Port.
This text (extract) is cited May 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
THANOS (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 24018
It is said that the village was founded by someone called Thanos who
descended from the village of
Thana, which was in Arcadia.
The ruined church of Aghios Constandinos is referred to as a Patriarchical possession
in 1321. As one comes out of the village to the seaside he will see the laundry
rooms of Faraga and Megalakkos.
This text (extract) is cited May 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
MYRINA (Small town) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22543 50000
Fax: +30 22543 50050
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