{"id":351,"date":"2009-03-09T11:03:11","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T11:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/?p=351"},"modified":"2021-06-04T11:23:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T08:23:45","slug":"geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/","title":{"rendered":"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Geographical<\/a><\/p>\n

Lesvos is the third largest of the Greek islands, after Crete and Evia, with an area of 1.632 square kilometers and 370 kilometers of coastline.<\/span>
\nIt lies between Lemnos and Chios, near the Turkish coast.<\/span><\/p>\n

Its terrain is hilly, but there are many plains with olive and fruit trees.
\nThe hills are covered by dense woods.<\/span><\/p>\n

Between the villages of Eressos, Sigri and Antissa is a petrified forest.
\nThe bays of Gera and Kalloni have such narrow entrances that they resemble Lagoons and are rich fishing grounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Administratively the island forms the prefecture of Lesvos, to which Lemnos and Agios Efstratios also belong, with its capital Mytilene.<\/span><\/p>\n

Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos<\/span><\/h3>\n

Lesvos was inhabited as early as the prehistoric period.
\nIt became an important naval power and the arts and letters flourished here during the 7th and 6th c. BC.<\/span><\/p>\n

In ancient times, it was the birthplace of famous poets, musicians, philosophers and historians: Terpander, Sappho, Alkaios, Arion, Xenophanes, Hellanikos, Pittakos, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the Peloponnesian War the island became an \u201capple of strife\u201d between the Athenians and the Spartans and belonged now to one side, now to other.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lesvos later fought on the side of Alexander the Great and in 88 BC became subject to the Romans.<\/span><\/p>\n

During Byzantine times the island enjoyed a period of prosperity. After the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, it came under the control of Baldwin I.
\nIt was liberated a few years later and the came into the hands of the Genoese for 107 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1462 the Turks made themselves masters of the island, which has liberated from them in 1912, after many struggles and terrible suffering under the Turkish domination.<\/span><\/p>\n

Municipality of Mytilene<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Home<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"HellasRadio\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nGeographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos - History<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos - Mytilene, History, Geography, Ancient times, Peloponnesian War, Byzantine times\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"el_GR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos - History\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos - Mytilene, History, Geography, Ancient times, Peloponnesian War, Byzantine times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Greek Islands Portal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-03-09T11:03:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-04T08:23:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Lesvos-Sikamia-Limanaki.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u03a3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03ac\u03c7\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"\u0395\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03ce\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c7\u03c1\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03ac\u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 \u03bb\u03b5\u03c0\u03c4\u03ac\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/33173fb1ce9b5c7f30f895182b1c0c49\"},\"headline\":\"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-03-09T11:03:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-04T08:23:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/\"},\"wordCount\":290,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Lesvos-Sikamia-Limanaki.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Lesvos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"el\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/\",\"name\":\"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos - History\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Lesvos-Sikamia-Limanaki.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-03-09T11:03:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-04T08:23:45+00:00\",\"description\":\"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos - Mytilene, History, Geography, Ancient times, Peloponnesian War, Byzantine times\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"el\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"el\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Lesvos-Sikamia-Limanaki.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Lesvos-Sikamia-Limanaki.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":399},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0391\u03c1\u03c7\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/\",\"name\":\"Greek Islands Portal\",\"description\":\"www.Greek-Islands-Portal.Com\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"el\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Greek Islands Portal\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"el\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/greek-islands-portal-greece-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/greek-islands-portal-greece-1.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":345,\"caption\":\"Greek Islands Portal\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/33173fb1ce9b5c7f30f895182b1c0c49\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"el\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e6bf88fb457d83ea8eb4d54cf58ffef?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e6bf88fb457d83ea8eb4d54cf58ffef?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos - History","description":"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos - Mytilene, History, Geography, Ancient times, Peloponnesian War, Byzantine times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/","og_locale":"el_GR","og_type":"article","og_title":"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos - History","og_description":"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos - Mytilene, History, Geography, Ancient times, Peloponnesian War, Byzantine times","og_url":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/","og_site_name":"Greek Islands Portal","article_published_time":"2009-03-09T11:03:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-06-04T08:23:45+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Lesvos-Sikamia-Limanaki.jpg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"\u03a3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03ac\u03c7\u03b8\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc":"admin","\u0395\u03ba\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03ce\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c7\u03c1\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u03bd\u03ac\u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2":"2 \u03bb\u03b5\u03c0\u03c4\u03ac"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/33173fb1ce9b5c7f30f895182b1c0c49"},"headline":"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos","datePublished":"2009-03-09T11:03:11+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-04T08:23:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/"},"wordCount":290,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Lesvos-Sikamia-Limanaki.jpg","articleSection":["Lesvos"],"inLanguage":"el","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/","url":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/","name":"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos - History","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Lesvos-Sikamia-Limanaki.jpg","datePublished":"2009-03-09T11:03:11+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-04T08:23:45+00:00","description":"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos - Mytilene, History, Geography, Ancient times, Peloponnesian War, Byzantine times","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"el","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"el","@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Lesvos-Sikamia-Limanaki.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Lesvos-Sikamia-Limanaki.jpg","width":600,"height":399},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-lesvos\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0391\u03c1\u03c7\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae","item":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Geographical & Historical Outline of Lesvos"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/","name":"Greek Islands Portal","description":"www.Greek-Islands-Portal.Com","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"el"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#organization","name":"Greek Islands Portal","url":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"el","@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/greek-islands-portal-greece-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/greek-islands-portal-greece-1.jpg","width":1000,"height":345,"caption":"Greek Islands Portal"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/33173fb1ce9b5c7f30f895182b1c0c49","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"el","@id":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e6bf88fb457d83ea8eb4d54cf58ffef?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e6bf88fb457d83ea8eb4d54cf58ffef?s=96&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}