The Vareltzidaina “archontiko” (traditional “mansion”) is one of the few surviving examples on Lesbos from the late 18th-early 19th century in which notable mural decoration is preserved. It is a two-storey building standing at the centre of Petra. Its architecture...
Tsoukaladelli Tower is located in the settlement of Thermi Lesvos at a distance of approximately 15 km from Mytilini. It is a stone-built building with a square floor plan that is spread over four floors. It is one of the oldest surviving mansions on the island. It...
Strabo mentions that Eressos “was founded on a hill and lied by the sea”. Despite the insufficient archaeological and stratigraphical evidence, there is no reason to doubt that Eressos was founded in the Late Bronze Age, after the arrival of the Aeoleis,...
Castle of Sigri is located on the cape of the western side of the island, in the settlement of the same name and at a distance of 93 km from Mytilini. Thanks to its geographical position, Sigri was an important station in transit trade. Its port, properly protected by...
Methymna, which in the medieval period was renamed Molyvos, had since antiquity been the island’s second most important city after Mytilene (Mytilini). The castle of Molyvos was built during the Byzantine period at the summit of the hill, ensuring control of the...
