Skala Sikamineas is a small picturesque fishing village 31 kilometres from Mytilini City, east of Molyvos, on the North side of the island. It is famous because of its association with Stratis Myrivilis (1892-1969), a famous Greek author of the 20th century, but also because of its small harbour and a tiny white church on a rock.
The tiny chapel is known as the Church of the Mermaid Madonna, made famous by the novel called "The Mermaid Madonna" (1949) by Stratis Myrivilis. Once in the church there was a fresco of the Virgin Mary, with a fish's tale, looking like a mermaid. This was the work of a local folk painter. The fresco has been overpainted and is no longer seen, but the name has persisted.
A modern painting, a reconstruction of the fresco, as imagined by an artist is shown in the last photo.
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Greece’s third-largest island, after Crete and Evia, is Lesvos, also known as Mytilini (Λέσβος; Μυτιλήνη) is found in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It is marked by long sweeps of rugged, desert-like western plains that give way to sandy beaches and salt marshes in the centre of the island. Further east are thickly forested mountains and dense olive groves (some 11 million olive trees are cultivated here).
The island’s port and capital, Mytilini Town, is a lively place year-round filled with exemplary ouzeries and good accommodation. The port and adjacent shopping district are both full of life and almost non-stop activity all round the clock.
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Lesbos (Greek: Λέσβος, Lesvos; Greek pronunciation: [ˈle̞zvo̞s]), sometimes referred to as Mytilini after its capital, is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of 1,632 square kilometres with 320 kilometres of coastline, making it the third largest Greek island. It is separated from Turkey by the narrow Mytilini Strait.
Lesbos is a separate regional unit of the North Aegean region, and the only municipality within it. Its population is approximately 86,000, a third of which lives in its capital, Mytilene, in the southeastern part of the island. The remaining population is distributed in small towns and villages. The largest are Plomari, Kalloni, the Gera Villages, Agiassos, Eresos, and Molyvos (the ancient Mythimna).
Mytilene was founded in the 11th century BC by the family Penthilidae, who arrived from Thessaly, and ruled the city-state until a popular revolt (590–580 BC) led by Pittacus of Mytilene ended their rule. In early Middle Ages, it was under Byzantine and Genoese rule. Lesbos was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1462, who ruled the island until the First Balkan War in 1912, when it became part of the Kingdom of Greece.
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Mytilene (Greek: Μυτιλήνη; Mytilini in Modern Greek) is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is the capital of the island of Lesbos. Mytilene, whose name is pre-Greek, is built on the southeast edge of the island. It is also the seat of a metropolitan bishop of the Orthodox church.
Mytilene has a port with ferries to the nearby islands of Lemnos and Chios and Ayvalık and at times Dikili in Turkey. The port also serves the mainland cities of Piraeus, Athens and Thessaloniki.The city produces ouzo. There are more than 15 commercial producers on the island.The city exports sardines harvested from the Bay of Kalloni and olive oil and woodwork.
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Mytilene (Greek: Μυτιλήνη; Mitilini in Modern Greek) is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit.[1] It is the capital of the island of Lesbos. Mytilene, whose name is pre-Greek, is built on the southeast edge of the island.
It is also the seat of a metropolitan bishop of the Orthodox church.
The town is located in the southeastern part of the island, north and east of the Bay of Gera. It has a land area of 107.46 square kilometres and a population of 36,196 inhabitants (2001). The next largest towns in the municipal unit are Vareiá (pop. 1,254), Pámfila (1,247), Mória (1,207), and Loutrá (1,118).
Her most famous ancient Greek citizens were the poets Sappho and Alcaeus and the statesman Pittacus (one of the Seven Sages of ancient Greece).
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