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AGIA PARASKEVI (Small town) LESVOS
The school building of neoclassical architecture of the early 20th
century (1922-30’s) has a rectangular "U" ground-plan shape and shows a perfect
symmetry at its openings. The formation of the school-yard area is also very significant.
The construction of the school building, one of the most attractive
on the island, was financed with revenues of the town’s oil-press which today
has been transformed into a multi-cultural center.
This text is cited June 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below.
MITHYMNA (Small town) LESVOS
Tel: +30 22530 71803
The medieval fortress of Molyvos
is situated on the top of a rocky hill,
in the place of the acropolis of ancient Mithymna.
Built with reddish and brown trachyte, it has the shape of a disporpotioned trapezium with sides of about 70m.
and it is preserved in a relatively good condition.
The exact date of its founding is not known. It was probably built after the
mid-13th century and it obviously belongs to the series of the numerous forts that were
constructed in that period by the Lesbians, in order to render the defense both against the
Turks and the Franks possible. In 1373 it was restored by Francisco Gateluzzo A´.
Additions took place during the period of the Turkish occupation (1462-1912).
Restorations commenced in 1976 and up to 1981 a number of strengthenings,
rebuildings and joint-fillings in parts of the walls took place. In 1993 a crack
in the south bulwark was restored and up to this day consolidation works are carried
out in parts of the fortress that bear signs of damage.
In summers, varied cultural events take place in its inner yard.
It was built in the Byzantine era on the ruins of ancient walls, as a defence against raids made by Franks and Turks. It was completed in 1373 by the Genoese Fransisco Gatelouzo. Later the Ottomans extended the fortifications. It is very well built from red and brown trachyte rock, with strong walls and inlaid slabs carrying inscriptions, coats of arms and other marks. The space is divided in several levels. The main gate is made of heavy wood and is covered with metal slabs. The castle stands on the top of a pine-clad hill and is among the best preserved in the Eastern Mediterranean. Today it is used for cultural events.
This text is cited Jan 2003 from the Prefecture of Lesvos URL below, which contains images.
SIGRI (Port) LESVOS
It is located on a cape in the west part of the island, 93 km from Mytilene. It was built by the Turks in 1757 in order to protect the port of Sigri (back then the most important port for the transportation trade) from piracy. Throughout the Turkish occupation the castle constituted a central site of the country town, around which the settlement developed in the area protected by the fortress.
The structure has small dimensions, an almost square ground-plan and square towers in its four corners. The main gate to the east was closed with double-leaf wooden door cased in iron plates. It is ornamented with a pointed arch - a typical feature of the Arabic architecture - constructed with alternate red and white stones. In the inner part of the fortress, the arched lintels (built with stones or bricks) of the cells that were used for the accommodation of the permanent guard are of similar inspiration.
It is a small stone castle, built sometime in the 1750s or 1760s in the Ottoman style by the vice admiral of the Ottoman fleet Souleiman Pasha for the protection of the port against pirates. The town is square and has towers in its corners. It has two double gates, east and west, which are covered with iron. It has a top-pointed arch - typical of the Arabic architecture - made of alternating red and white stones. Similar are the arches of the rooms used by the guards. It is in very good condition. The visitor can admire Turkish inscription and decorations. The Castle offers a wonderful view of the Aegean Sea.
This text is cited Jan 2003 from the Prefecture of Lesvos URL below, which contains images.
PETRA (Small town) LESVOS
The mansion
of Vareltzidaina is situated in the centre of the village Petra and was built
in the end of the 18th century. It constitutes a characteristic example of that
period's mansions, in which typical features of local architecture are combined
with influences from the East as well as from North Greece.
It is a two-storeyed building, with a solid ground floor built with
stones, which adds a fort-like character to the habitation. The storey is constructed
with "bagdati" and is divided in six rooms parametric to the chamber, which are
decorated with remarkable and typical of the era frescoes.
This extract is cited June 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below, which also contains images.
The "House of VALERETZIDAINA", at a short distance from the village square, more or less next to the back of the rock of the Panagia, has retained almost entirely its original form.This is a building of the turn of eighteenth-nineteenth century. It belongs to the secular architecture of Lesvos of the period of late Ottoman rule and combines local and Oriental features with neo-Classicism, Byzantine architecture and baroque. It has a number of similarities to the mansion of Georgios Schwarz at Ambelakia in Thessaly, which was built in the late eighteenth century. The traditional settlement of Petra takes on its own individual local colour from the well-preserved neo-Classical mansions of the early twentieth century, with their spacious well-planted court-yards, the carefully crafted railings and the elaborated wrought-iron doors with variety of knockers.
This text is cited Apr 2003 from the Municipality of Petra URL below, which contains images.
AGIA PARASKEVI (Small town) LESVOS
The Oil-Press of Agia Paraskevi is a complex of stone-built buildings
that serves as a characteristic sample of exceptional industrial architecture
of the early 20th century (1910) on the island.
Initially, it had been operating as an industrial complex (oil-press
and corn-mill) and later on, until 1967, it ran as a community business.
In 1984, with the support of the Prefecture
of Lesvos, it was restored and transformed into a cultural center. The central
building was turned into a multi-cultural hall with a 400-seats capacity, the
oil storehouses were converted to a Folk-Art Museum while the 11 olives’ storehouses
were transformed into modern guest-houses.
This text is cited June 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below.
The remains of this Early-Christian
basilica can be found along the main road that connects Ag. Paraskevi with
Komi and Pigi.
It is believed that this church constituted the nave of a small monastery and
dates in the second half of the 6th century A.D.
The monument was excavated and restored by A. Orlandos in 1937.
This text is cited June 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below.
ERESSOS (Port) LESVOS
Three-aisled
basilica, now completely ruined. The floors of the narthex and the middle
aisle are covered with interesting mosaics,
decorated with animal figures, floral motives and geometric patterns. A square
space at the south end of the narthex probably gave access to the gallery through
a staircase. Several graves have been uncovered in the eastern part of the basilica,
while a large number of architectural members lie in the south aisle, which is
paved with clay plaques. The apse of an earlier building has come to light to
the SW of the three-sided apse of the basilica.
The basilica was discovered by monks of the Monastery
of Pithario, in the years 1884 and 1885. An inscription on the frame of the
west part of the mosaic floor in the middle aisle, mentions bishop John, who is
identified as the representative of the Lesbians in the Third Ecumenic Synod of
Ephesos, in 431 A.D. This
inscription dates the basilica to the first half of the 5th century.
The monument was excavated in 1928 by A. Orlandos and the site was
later remodelled by S. Charitonides, in 1962. The area was cleared and the mosaics
were restored in 1988. In 1989 the mosaics were covered in order to be protected.
The monument is open to the public.
This text is cited June 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture URL below, which also contains images.
PETRA (Small town) LESVOS
From the abandoned mountain village of Klapados, which is in the southern
boundaries of the Municipality of Petra and was the site of the last victorious
battles of the Greek troops against the Turks in December 1912 for the liberation
of Lesvos, an enchanting ecological route starts out to Aghios Alexandros, through
a publicly-owned pine wood of great beauty. On this route, it is possible from
a high vantage point to appreciate the full grandeur of Anaxos,
Petra, Mithymna, and Eftalou.
Bush walking is an exciting experience beginning after Kaloni
where the pine trees start to appear, many signs to gate you through, kiosks and
rest locations are available. The view is panoramic, through the pine trees you
can observe all the northwest beaches and villages, on south the gulf of Kaloni,
on east the olive groves of the villages Stypsi
and Agia Paraskevi.
This text is cited Apr 2003 from the Municipality of Petra URL below, which contains images.
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