Lesbos
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Lesbos or Lesvos is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of 1,633 km2, with approximately 400 km of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece and the eig
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Coin of Lesbos under the Achaemenid Empire, c. 510–480 BC
Sappho listens as the poet Alcaeus plays a kithara. (Painting by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1881)
View of the Roman aqueduct
Mytilene
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Mytilene is the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, and its port. It is also the capital and administrative center of the North Aegean Region, and hosts the headquarters of the University of the Ae
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…the Mediterranean. It is separated from Asia Minor by the narrow Mytilini Strait. On the southeastern coast is the island's capital and largest city, Mytilene (Μυτιλήνη), whose name is also used for the island as a whole. Lesbos is a separate regional unit with the seat in Mytilene, which is also the capital…
View of the port, with the dome of Saint Therapon.
The church of Saint Therapon at the port
View of the seafront
Prefecture of Lesbos, Kountourioti Street