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Agiasos (Αγιάσος) is a town on the island of Lesbos, in Greece. It is located at the slopes of mountain Olympos, at a height of 475 meters, 26km from Mytilene, with its special bright green landscape, its narrow cobbled streets lined by ranks of tiled-roof houses, the traditional architecture and its restless and religious inhabitants. Agiassos, artistic and religious centre of the island, is a preserved settlement that has many to offer to visitors. A very famous cultural institution has been established in 1854 when the village was still under Turkish domination, the reading society of Anaptixi. Today it has a great library, a theatre hall and a folklore museum. Lesbos may refer to: Lesbos Island, a large Greek island in the Aegean Sea Lesbos Prefecture, the Greek prefecture that contains the island Slang word for Lesbians. ... The Roman bath in Olympos - Turkey Olympos is a valley at the south coast of Turkey, 90 km southwest of Antalya city near the Town of Kemer. ... This city is not ot be confused with a village in the island of Samos named Mytilinii Mytilene (Μυτιλήνη in Greek) is the capital city of Lesbos, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Municipalities and communities of the Lesbos Prefecture
Agia ParaskeviAgiasosAtsiki • Eresos-Antissa • EvergetoulasGeraKalloniLoutropoli ThermisMantamadosMithymnaMoudrosMyrinaMytileneNea KoutaliPetraPlomariPolichnitos
Agios Efstratios


 
 

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