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MYTILINI (Town) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22510 24575, 28811
Fax: +30 22510 25555
AGIA MARINA (Village) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 61264
KATO TRITOS (Village) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 93451
LABOU MYLI (Village) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 93444
LEPETYMNOS (Village) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22530 55062
MEGALOCHORI (Village) PLOMARI
Tel: +30 22520 92302
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.
NEES KYDONIES (Village) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 94027
PALEOCHORI (Village) PLOMARI
Tel: +30 22520 93330
PALEOKIPOS (Small town) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 82368
PANAGIOUDA (Village) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 31282
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
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
SIGRI (Port) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22530 54218
Fax: +30 22530 54218
SKALOCHORI (Village) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22530 98390
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
MYTILINI (Town) LESVOS
Tel: +3022513 52104, 52118
Fax: +3022510 40895
Tel: +30 22510 27777, 22513 50500
Fax: +30 22510 29300, 47806, 26444
THERMI BEACH (Port) MYTILINI
Tel: +30 22510 71277
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