Travel Blog Greece

Molyvos (or Mithymna) is a village on the northern part of Lesvos, just some 6 km north of the popular beach town of Petra.

This arced stonebridge was build in the middle of the 18th century, financed from Mr. Kontodimos Noutsos from the Vradeto village.

Nikolaos Mantzaros [1795 – 1872] was a famous Greek-Italian composer and the major representative of the Ionian School of Music.

The church "Panagia Skalas Sykamnias" is known as "Panagia Gorgona" (Madonna Mermaid) due to a wall painting that was in the church.

Mikis Theodorakis is a famous songwriter - composer who has written over 1000 songs and has scored the epic "Zorba the Greek" and "Z".

The Aegean Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Mykonos, Greece. The founder and chairman of the museum was George M. Drakopoulos.

Kostas Krystallis [1868–1894] is a famous Greek author and poet.

The Theatre of Mytilene, standing on the hill of Agia Kyriaki, is considered one of the greatest works of architecture of the ancient world.

Spyridon Xyndas [1812 – 1896] was a famous Greek composer and guitarist, one of the students of Nikolaos Mantzaros in music theory.