Listed 4 sub titles with search on: Archaeological sites for wider area of: "MOUDROS Small town LEMNOS (LIMNOS)" .
KAVIRIO (Ancient sanctuary) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
It is found in the region of Chloy in the North side of the island
in a location with impressive view of Samothrace
across, where Kaveirioi were also worshipped. According to mythology, "Kaveirioi"
were the three sons and the three daughters of Hephaestus and were worshipped
in Limnos as deities. Their adoration was intensely mystic and it included the
ceremonies that remained known as the "Kaveira Mysteries" and they were related
with the rebirth of nature and the fertility. Kaveirio was the centre of this
adoration. The excavations have brought in the light the sanctuary of the adoration
that knew long period of life from the first limnian period (8th century B.C.)
to the later antiquity. In the rocky coast is also found the cave of the mythic
Filoktiti that was abandoned by his companions in the expedition against Troia.
This text is cited Sept 2003 from the Municipality of Moudros URL below.
POLIOCHNI (Prehistoric settlement) LEMNOS (LIMNOS)
A rectangular building with a double row of stepped seats on the long
sides, at the southwest side of the hill of Poliochni.
It dates back to prehistoric times (Early Bronze Age), around 3000
and 2100 BC. It was presumably used as a kind of "Bouleuterion". According to
italian archaeologists, who were in charge of the excavations in the area, the
"Bouleuterion" at Poliochni served as a meeting-place for the "notables", the
representatives of the families of the settlement. They got together to work on
the problems of this early community.
According to the archaeologists mentioned above, the "Bouleuterion"
of Poliochni represents the earliest evidence of Democracy on european ground.
This text is cited Feb 2003 from the Foundation of the Hellenic World URL below.
In the Eastern side of the island in the location Voroskopos near the village Kaminia, the neolithic settlement of Poliohni is found. It was discovered by the Italian Archaeological Faculty of Athens in the summertime of 1930. It is about a big part of a settlement of the Precocious Era of Copper, with a lot of phases of architectural and cultural growth that cover entire the 3rd B.C. millenary. The excavations symbolized each architectural phase with a separate colour distinguishing seven periods in total, the last ones of which coincide with corresponding from Troia across. Poliohni is considered to be the first constituted settlement of Europe. With barns and the first (worldwide) space of aggregation and consultation (chamber of deputies).
This text is cited Sept 2003 from the Municipality of Moudros URL below.
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