In the area of Leimonos Monastery, along the provincial road Kallonis – Sigriou, imposing rock formations appear, which the action of water, in cooperation with wind erosion and temperature changes, sculpted into wax figures.
These are forms of erosion of volcanic rocks. The rocks that surrounded these vertical rocks were eroded, while those more resistant to erosion were slowly revealed and emerge imposingly today.The “Candles” are an impressive creation, which nature has been continuously evolving for millions of years, just like the “Candle”, the rock that rises immediately after. The passage of time in cooperation with the processes of disintegration and erosion have left in the nature of Lesbos both impressive and strange structures, remnants of the intense volcanic activity that prevailed 21.5 – 16.5 million years ago in Lesvos.
