Listed 100 (total found 101) sub titles with search on: Local governments for wider area of: "LESVOS Prefecture NORTH AEGEAN" .
AGIOS EFSTRATIOS (Village) NORTH AEGEAN
Tel: +30 22540 93210
Fax: +30 22540 93396
MYTILINI (Town) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22510 24575, 28811
Fax: +30 22510 25555
AGARYONES (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 51289
We do not know if the village called Agariones is the one mentioned
as Arioni in the monasteries' documents of 1355 or the one referred to as Kariones
in the codes of Pantokratoros
Monastery. Anyway, the Monastery
of Pantokratoros seemed to have had a significant property in region: The
farmhouse of Ano Chorion, the Monastery of Christ's Metamorphosis and a tower
called Alexopyrgos. This tower was built in honour of the founder of Pantokratoros
Monastery, Alexios Komninos or Alexios Strategopoulos.
This text (extract) is cited May 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
AGIA MARINA (Village) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 61264
AGIOS DIMITRIOS (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 61366
There was once a king of the island who decided to distribute it to
his two sons. So he decided that the best would be if each of his two sons started
to walk from the two extreme points of the island, Myrina
and Plaka. The point where
they would meet would be the center and would become the border of each one's
possession. Curiously they met where the village of Aghios Demetrios is built
today. The one walking form Plaka
had started much earlier than the other one. So the other one called him "lera",
which in Greek means deceit. Since then the village was named Lera. It was one
of the few villages on the island with Turkish population before 1912. After the
population exchanges, 556 refugees from Reis Dere of Asia
Minor settled in the village and named it Aghios Demetrios. Aghios Demterios
was their patron Saint at Reis Dere. They used to cultivate vineyards and produce
most of the Limnian vine. Most of them are excellent musicians.
This text (extract) is cited May 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
ATSIKI (Small town) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Atsiki is one of the richest villages, as it exists in the center
of an open and fertile plain. Till 1914 it was a municipality. As it is referred
to since 1284, it is also one of the most ancient villages. The last pirate fight
took place in the Aegean Sea
around 1860.
This text (extract) is cited June 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
DAFNI (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 61346
The village Daphni was once called Sverdia. The church honoured in
the name of Aghioi Anargyroi was found here in 1856, when the icon of the Saints
- Kosmas and Damianos - was revealed in a crypt dug in the earth. These Saints
are still believed to be miracle-makers. According to tradition the abundant water
of the region is a result of a miracle of Aghios Athanassios, who founded the
first Monastery at Athos.
Once the Saint was passing from the area, and he felt thirsty, he struck the earth
with his stick and water sprung out.
This text (extract) is cited May 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
FYSSINI (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 91140
Physsini is mentioned during the last century. Nevertheless ruins
belonging to medieval buildings are found there. The place names of the region
are documented since the 14th century. The characteristic type of the Limnian
rural house is still preserved here. At a distance from the village is the church
of Aghios Sozon, the main saint worshipped on the island. Guest rooms have been
built to serve the worshippers who usually come here the evening before the holy
day, to attend the vespers.
This text (extract) is cited June 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
KALIOPI (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 41336
According to tradition, Kalli was a woman who owned large areas of
fertile land. Her obedients created the village Kalliopi. Her sarcophagus - made
of marble and decorated with engraved representations - is built in a wall that
surrounds the cemetery of the village. The church of Aghios Georgios was built
in 1869. Aghios Ceorgios is honoured with horse races. The riders compete on horses
without saddles. The winner, after running around the temple three times, accepts
the prize from the priest at the ante-temple and goes into the church on the horse
to light a candle in honour of the saint. The prize once was a lamb with a red
ribbon around its neck. Today it is just a medal with a red ribbon.
This text (extract) is cited June 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
KALITHEA (Port) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 92223
KAMINIA (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 91238
KARPASSI (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 31392
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).
KATALAKO (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Katalakko was not accidentally named so. Katalakkos in Greek means
something put in a pit. The village fits its name as it is built in a region surrounded
by many hills. In 1856 the church of Aghios Modestos was found. Aghios Modestos
is the Saint who protects the stock-breeders, especially their cattle. On the
18th of December - when the Saint is honoured - many kechaghiades used to come
to Kalakko from their mandres. Kechaghiades in the local dialect means stock-breeders
and mandra is their farm house. These kechaghiades used to wear white breeches,
a white cap and leather shoes called tservoulia. They danced local dances, like
the kechaghiadikos and the patma.
This text (extract) is cited May 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
KATO TRITOS (Village) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 93451
KODIAS (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Kondias was a municipality till 1914. It was mentioned that many years
ago two Peloponnesian landowners used to live here. Their names were Kondeas and
Chandreas. So the village was named Kondias and the river of the region, Chandrias.
Kondias is undoubtedly one of the most traditional villages of the island. The
stone built houses are quite characteristic. Many of these once belonged to shipowners,
who lived in the village. Coming out of the village to Tsimandria
one meets plane trees and eucalyptus, quite impressive for the island.
This text (extract) is cited June 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
KONTOPOULI (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 41328
Kondopouli remains one of the largest villages on the island. The
soil here is quite productive and people still cultivate land intensively. It
flourished especially during the last century. During the German occupation, great
destruction was caused in the village, but is still keeps part of its preceding
prestige. According to tradition the columns of Aghios Demetrios are ancient,
in a secondary use. Although this does not seem to be right, since the columns
most likely have been engraved during the last century. In 1948, poet Yiannis
Ritsos lived in exile in Kondopouli.
This text (extract) is cited June 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).
LABOU MYLI (Village) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 93444
LEPETYMNOS (Village) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22530 55062
LIVADOCHORI (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 92451
Livadochori is first referred in 1355. As it is located in the center
of a fertile plain it was quickly developed. Part ot its importance must be due
to the neighbouring Monastery of Aghios Pavlos, where the Limnian Metropolis was
transferred after 1390 and before 1447. This Monastery possessed a quite large
region, the most fertile on the island. It was said that Constandinos Palaiologos
himself gave the Monastery to the Limnian population in order to use its income
for educational and ecclesiastical purposes. In the beginning of the 19th century
a Sultan's document was granted to the Christian community. Since then it is administered
by a Pallimnian Committte.
This text (extract) is cited May 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
LYCHNA (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 71191
MEGALOCHORI (Village) PLOMARI
Tel: +30 22520 92302
MOUDROS (Small town) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
The village of Moudros until 1914 constituted a municipality. It still
is the economic center of eastern Limnos. The village is first referred to in
1355. Around 1380 it belonged to the Monastery
of Vatopedion of Mount Athos.
During the 18th century two castles were preserved here. The one of Moudros and
another one given to the Monastery
of Vatopedion in 1362 by the Great Military Commander of Limnos,
Georgios Astras. Today two churches exist in Moudros: Taxiarches, probably built
in 1370 and Evangelistrias, built in 1904. Moudros owes its importance especially
to the port. It is one of the best natural ports in the Mediterranean if not the
best. The gulf of Moudros protected from the northern winds and the streams coming
from Dardanellia, is navigable
even by large ships. During the Balkan wars, the gulf was used as a starting point
from Pavlos Koudouriotis. During 1914-1916 it constituted one of the nautical
bases for the alliances in the enterprises of Kallipolis
and those of Dardanellia.
Moudros also served as an anchorage for about 500 ships and as much as 30.000
soldiers camped here. Their presence contributed to the trade flourish. Coming
out of Moudros, on the road to Roussopouli,
is the alliance cemetery. Many victims of the 1st World War were buried here in
clusters depending upon their nationality.
This text (extract) is cited June 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
MYRINA (Small town) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
MYTILINI (Town) LESVOS
Standing on seven green hills rooted in the heart of the Aegean,
spreads the city of Mytilene with a history which begins in the third millennium
B.C.
Contemporary Mytilene with a population of thirty thousand is built
on the ruins of the ancient namesake city, the birthplace of leading intellectual
personalities throughout the centuries.
The greatest lyrical poets of all times were born here, Sapho (700-600
B.C.) and Alcaeos (640-560 B.C.) as well as Pittacos one of the Seven Sages of
antiquity.
The intellectual tradition continues to modern days with Odysseas
Elytis (1911-1996) winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize for literature.
A walk through the picturesque neighbourhoods, the Promenade and the
traditional commercial street (Hermou) from the Ancient Port in Epano Skala to
Kioski and Sourada will convince the visitor of the warm hospitality of the natives
and he will admire the exquisite, preserved historical Mansions of various architectural
styles.
The city is adorned with imposing churches, most distinguishing among
them the Metropolis
Cathedral with the 33m. gothic steeple built in the 17th century and the domed
church of St. Therapon
(1880).
Of much interest is the Monastery
of St. Rafael just 12Klm. from Mytilene nesteled in the olive groves of Karyes,
Thermi.
Mytilene is the headquarters of the Ministry
of the Aegean and the University
of the Aegean. The city has an international
airport and harbour which connect the island with Athens,
Peraeus, Thessaloniki,
Volos, Kavala,
Alexandroupoli and the islands
of Limnos, Chios,
Samos, Icaria,
Kos, Rhodes,
Crete, e.t.c.
This text (extract) is cited June 2003 from the Tourism Committee Municipality
of Mytilini tourist pamphlet.
NEA KOUTALI (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 92383
Nea Koutali is a refugee village. It was created in 1926 when 351
people from the little island Koutali of Propondida
came here. They continued to fish sponges near the coasts of North Africa. Panagis
the Koutalian was probably the most famous of them all. He lived at the end of
the last century and became famous as a wrestler.
This text (extract) is cited May 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
NEES KYDONIES (Village) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 94027
PALEOCHORI (Village) PLOMARI
Tel: +30 22520 93330
PALEOKIPOS (Small town) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 82368
PANAGIA (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 94206
Around 1866 certain families left Aghios Ipatios and settled in Panaghia.
A year before - in 1865 - the church of Panaghia was built on top of ruins of
an older one, which was called Panaghia Sergouniotissa.
This text (extract) is cited June 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
PANAGIOUDA (Village) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 31282
PEDINO (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 92435
Pedino or Pisperago as it was earlier named is refered to on a golden
bull document in 1393 in which the possessions of Pantokratoros
Monastery are described. This was one of the villages of Limnos
which owned sailing vessels during the last century. It was destroyed by the earthquakes
in 1968 and transferred to the region of Nea
Koutali. However many of the houses of the village, most of them with beautiful
gardens, have been rebuilt and are inhabited.
This text (extract) is cited May 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
PLAKA (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 94240
Plaka was established during the last century. Northeast of the village
is the cape of Vriokastro or Palaiokastro, where Kritovoulos the Imbrian disembarked
when the island was occupied by the Turks. In the reefs of Mythones an ancient
town is sunk. The ruins of the houses and the paved roads are well distinguished
under the sea level. It is believed that this town is Homeric Chryssi which was
sunk in 197 B.C. according to Pausanias. In this town, according to mythology
the snake bit Philoctetes, the hero of the Trojan war. The most beautiful of the
correlated traditions believes that Philoctetes was cured by the clay which exists
at the site Roussounia, near Aghios Charalambos. This clay was quite effective
for those who suffered form rheumatisms. The Christian view states that the root
of the tree that exists near Aghios Charalambos came alone form the sea with the
icon of the saint on it. From this root - it never gets rotten although it is
always wet - sacred water is derived.
This text (extract) is cited June 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
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).
PLOMARI (Small town) LESVOS
Plomari is a small town with 4.000 people. It's situated in the Southern
part of the island of Lesvos
between the two gulfs of Kalloni
and Gera.
It's the second biggest town on the island after the capital, Mytilene,
and it's about 40 klm from it.
At first Megalochori,
which is a village 15 klm north of modern Plomari, 600 m. high in the mountains,
was called Plomari and it can be considered the metropolis of Plomari.
Fear of the pirate invasions kept the residents of Plomari far form
the sea for a lot of years. But when conditions of security were established and
there was no fear of pirates, Plomarians came to live near the sea and started
building their new town in the place where it is today.
With the help of experienced sailors, some of whom came from the South
Aegean Sea, Plomarians built
up a good navy.
Besides that, they were occupied with agriculture and with their hard
work and patience they changed the mountains to endless olive tree fields by building
low stone walls even on the steepest mountainous slopes to created the suitable
territorial conditions fro the growing of olive trees.
Since then olive oil has been a valuable and unique product of the
area.
Before the island's liberation from the Turks (6th November, 1912)
Plomari had 10.000 inhabitants and it was full of life.
It used to have ten olive press factories, four soap factories, one
factory crushing olive kernels to turn them into fuel and fie ouzo factories.
After the destruction of Asia
Minor, it lost its biggest and most important area of financial and commercial
trade. So Plomarians started to emigrate to bigger cities in Greece
and abroad. More than half the population of the town emigrated and many villages
were deserted.
Plomari of today has quite changed and is different from the one people
used to know. People's occupations, their social status and the building space,
which is being extended all the time to the east and to the south, are changing
continually.
Most of the inhabitants make their living by collecting olives during
winter and from tourism during summer.
The very clean sea and the wonderful beaches of Saint
Isidoros, Amouleli, and Red Rocks are an irresistible attraction for tourists.
This text (extract) is cited June 2003 from the Municipality
of Plomari & Committee of Touristic Development of Plomari tourist pamphlet
(1989).
POLICHNITOS (Small town) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22520 41212, 42980, 41223
Fax: +30 22520 41201, 42800
PORTIANO (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 51222
The Alliance Army had encamped at Portianou in 1915. There Winston
Churchill installed his head quarters while conducting the enterprises of the
Allied Powers at Kallipolis.
The house where he used to live was recently renovated. The cemetery of those
killed at Kallipoli lies
just outside Portianou. A folklore Museum exists in Portianou. This is the first
and only one of its kind on the island.
This text (extract) is cited May 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
PSILOMETOPO (Village) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22530 91243
Two kilometres east of Stypsi is Ipsilometopo, a small and attractive
village, buried in its green trees.
The Church
of the Archangel (Taxiarches), at the entrance to the village, a work of 1807,
is a scheduled monument. It is a three-aisled building in dark trachyte, with
three conches, three altars and a very fine carved and gilded wooden sanctuary
screen.
The spring
of Aslanis, amid tall plane trees, is well known for its crystal-clear water.
The Women's Agro-Tourism and Craft Industry Co-operative of Stypsi-Ipsilometopo
has a second workshop here.
Two kilometres from the village is the Chapel of St Demetrius, built
in 1954 on the site of the sanctuary of an Early
Christian three-aisled basilica, of which the column bases and numerous architectural
members have survived, scattered here and there or built into the chapel.
The fair of St Marina at Ipsilometopo on 17 July is very well attended.
PYRGI THERMIS (Village) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 71288
REPANIDI (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 41180
Repanidi is also referred to in the documents since 1285. It is also
one of the most wealthy villages, as the plain is quite large and the earth fertile.
Clusters of oak-trees exist in the plain. They must have been the remains of a
forest. The acorns were once a trade good and the inhabitants owned sailing ships
to transport them. The oldest church of the village, Aghios Georgios was built
around 1840. The interior was decorated with a plaster plant-like decoration.
One of the first schools of the island was established in a mill, later in a potter's
shop until 1875, when the school was built. As one enters the village - from the
side of Kotsinas - he will
see the famous jars dug in the volcanic stone. They belong to some families of
the village and are used for storing wine and grains.
This text (extract) is cited June 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
ROMANO (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 71468
Romanou was first mentioned at the end of the 18th century especially
for its stone - grey-black granite - from which most residences of the island
were built. At the entrance of the village is a fountain which was restored in
1849. The water is believed to be sacred. The church of the Christ’s Genesis
was built in 1830. The hagiographies that decorate the interior were created by
the famous Imvrian painter Efstatios Haemente. In some distance from the village
is the church of Aghios Constandinos. Worshippers from all over the island used
to come here on the 21st of May to honour the saint and they still continue to
do so.
This text (extract) is cited June 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
ROUSSOPOULI (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 91443
SARDES (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 61258
Sardes is a mountainous and rather isolated village. It is referred
to as Ardeiai since 1284. The houses are typical examples of Limnian rural architecture.
Stone built with two stories. They have an external staircase bringing to the
balcony. People used to live upstairs, while the place downstairs was used for
the animals. Most of the houses had a small courtyard with a wall built around
it.
This text (extract) is cited May 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
SIGRI (Port) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22530 54218
Fax: +30 22530 54218
SKALOCHORI (Village) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22530 98390
SKANDALI (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 91174
STYPSI (Village) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22530 91209
The town of Stypsi located on the northern site of the island of Lesvos,
a mountainous village 400 meters above the sea level 10 km. from Petra,
from the north is protected from the mountain of Lepetymnos.
TAXIARCHES (Village) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 61419
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).
TSIMANDRIA (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 51344
The village of Tsimandria is referred to as Simandria in 1569. According
to tradition, the region once belonged to the Byzantine emperor Ioannis Tsimiskis.
The phrase "at the mandres of Tsimiskis" became Tsimandria. Mandra in the local
dialect means farmhouse. Ruins of Phtheris - the Byzantines called it Pterion
or Pterin - exist in this region. It was a farmhouse belonging to the monastery
of Taxiarchis Michael and later to that of Aghios
Ioannis of Patmos. Thismandria was the first village in Limnos
to be liberated in 1912.
This text (extract) is cited May 2003 from the Lemnos
Provincial Government tourist pamphlet (1997).
VAROS (Village) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22540 31235
MYTILINI (Town) LESVOS
Tel: +3022513 52104, 52118
Fax: +3022510 40895
MYRINA (Small town) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
Tel: +30 22543 50000
Fax: +30 22543 50050
MYTILINI (Town) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22510 27777, 22513 50500
Fax: +30 22510 29300, 47806, 26444
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