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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Greece, Mytilene / Lesbos / Lesvos - Agiasos / Ayasos


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AGIASOS or AYASOS, is located at the slopes of mountain Olympos,
 at a height of 475 meters, 26 km from Mytilene, 
with its special bright green landscape,
 its narrow cobbled streets lined by ranks of tiled-roof houses,
 the traditional architecture and its restless and religious inhabitants.
 Ayasos, artistic and religious centre of the island,
 is a preserved settlement that has many to offer to visitors.
 A very famous cultural institution has been established in 1894
 when the village was still under Turkish domination,
 the reading society of Anaptixi (development / upgrowth).
Today it has a great library,
 a theatre hall, a folklore museum and an active organization
 which tries to continue the great tradition
 that was passed by the old inhabitants.

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