Photo gallery Area 1 - North Lesvos

MOLIVOS

MOLIVOS

MOLIVOS

EFTALOU

EFTALOU HOT SPRINGS

VIRGIN MARY-PANAGIA PETRA

VIRGIN MARY-PANAGIA PETRA

PETRA CUSTOM HOUSE

PETRA

PETRA

ANAXOS

ANAXOS

SKALA SYKAMIAS

SKALA SYKAMIAS

SKALA SYKAMIAS --- Another element of emblematic beauty is this chapel on the rock, a constant observer of the action of fishermen in the small port of Skala. From there, the smell of incense and basil emerges without stopping, while the sunsets are more than magical. Characteristic of the temple - hence the name - is the fresco in which the Virgin Mary is depicted with the tail of a mermaid. The small church which was built in 1913 on the site of a pre-existing one almost in the sea became even better known thanks to the writing of the book "The Virgin the Mermaid" with the signature of the award-winning author and academic from Sykamnia Strati Myrivilis.

SKALA SYKAMIAS

SKALA SYKAMIAS

SKALA SYKAMIAS - PARALIA KAGIA

SKALA SYKAMIAS - PARALIA KAGIA

SYKAMIA

SYKAMIA - AGIA FOTINI

SYKAMIA

SYKAMIA

KLEIO - TSONIA

KLEIO - PARALIA FEROGIA

ΚΑPΙ - GIANI LIMANI

ΚAPI - PARALIA LAGADAS

MANTAMADOS

MANTAMADOS

MANTAMADOS

MANTAMADOS

MANTAMADOS

MANTAMADOS

MANTAMADOS

MANTAMADOS -TAXIARCHES MONASTERY The monastery is situated at a close distance from the village Mantamados, in the north-east part of Lesbos, 36 km from Mytilene and it constitutes one of the most significant places of pilgrimage on the island. In the past, it functioned as men's convent and is mentioned for the first time in an ecclesiastical document from 1661. The small church of the 17th century was replaced with a bigger one of the 18th century, in the place of which the present church was erected from top to bottom in 1879, following the architectural type of the three-aisled basilica. The monastery complex develops parametrically around the church, adding a fort-like character to it. In the church's interior and, more specifically, in a luxurious canopy from 1766, the wrought-in-relief icon of Taxiarches is kept, which -according to tradition- was made with soil and the blood of the monks who were slaughtered by pirates. Of folklore interest is the custom of the bull's slaughter, which takes place on the anniversary of the church's inauguration.

ARCHANGELOS MICHAIL TAXIARCHIS MONASTERY

ARCHANGELOS MICHAIL TAXIARCHIS MONASTERY

ARCHANGELOS MICHAIL TAXIARCHIS MONASTERY

ARCHANGELOS MICHAIL TAXIARCHIS MONASTERY

ARCHANGELOS MICHAIL TAXIARCHIS MONASTERY

MANTAMADOS - MAN KATSA WATERFALL

MANTAMADOS - Archaeological Area Carved Tombs

MANTAMADOS - TOKMAKIA ISLANDS ( ARGENOUSES )

MANTAMADOS - TOKMAKIA ISLANDS ( ARGENOUSES )

MANTAMADOS - PARALIA TOKMAKIA

MANTAMADOS - PARALIA CHRISI AMMOS

AMPELLIA

TSICHRADA

KECHRADA

KALO LIMANI