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Petrified Forest of Lesbos | Protected Natural Monument

The Petrified Forest of Lesbos, the major geosite of Lesvos Geopark has been designated as a protected natural monument.

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Theophilos Hatzimihail | Greek Folk Painter | The Weird Artist with the Kilt

Theophilos Hatzimihail [born in Lesvos around 1870], widely known as "Theophilos", was a major folk painter of modern Greek art.

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Panagiotis Papadellis | Greek Poet

The Lesbian poet Panagiotis G. Papadellis was born in the small mountainous village of Lesvos, Anemotia.

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Ladotyri Mytilinis | A Lesbos Cheese

Ladotiri Mytilinis is a PDO hard table cheese produced from sheeps’ milk or from a mixture of sheeps’ milk and goats’ milk.

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Anemotia Village | Lesbos

Anemotia is a beautiful mountainous village of Lesbos, 55 Km away from the capital city, Mytilini, and almost halfway between Kalloni and Er

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Molyvos Traditional Village | Lesbos

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

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Panagia Skalas Sykamnias Church | Lesbos

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

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Ancient Theatre of Mytilini | Lesbos

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