Ovriokastro of Ancient Antissa

The Castle of Agioi Theodoroi, known today as Evraiokastro or Ovriokastro or Vriokastro, is located in the northwestern coastal part of the island, east of Gavathas and more specifically at the northern end of a small peninsula, which, together with the adjacent rocky...

Sigri Castle in Lesbos

The Sigri Castle is located at the southwestern end of the homonymous settlement, which is built on the westernmost coastal part of the island and at a distance of about 85 km. from Mytilene, the capital city of Lesbos. In antiquity, the Sigri bay was considered,...

Mithymna Castle in Lesbos

The Mithymna Castle is located at the top of the hill of Molyvos, home to the homonymous settlement since the late Byzantine era onwards, and built on the northwest coast of Lesbos, at a distance of about 60 km. from Mytilene, the capital city of Lesbos. The ancient...

Mytilene Castle

In ancient times, Mytilene had the form of a small island, delimited from the opposite mainland by Euripos, a natural strait that connected its two harbours. The naturally fortified position of the ancient Acropolis of Mytilene, the core of which was later taken over...

Ancient Eresos

With the arrival of the Aeolian tribes in the eastern region of the Aegean, Lesbos was transformed from a “non-city’’ island to one with plenty of flourishing cities (Pseudo-Herodotus, Homer’s Life, 38). Eresos (Eresos, since antiquity), birthplace of the lyric...
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