 Limnos Island | Area:476 sq. km. Population 15,721, Capital Myrina (Kastro). By air from Athens, Thessaloniki, Mytilini; by ship from Piraeus, Kavala, Euboea, Agios Konstantinos, Mytilini, the Cyclades, Dodecanese,Crete. The Thracians were the first to settle on the island in Neolithic times; by the Bronze Age a prosperous civilization had emerged. By the 5th century Limnos had fallen under Athenian influence, and was subsequently governed by the Macedonians and Romans. In later years it belonged to Byzantium, Venice and the Ottoman Empire, being united with Greece in 1912. |
Limnos Sightseeings: Myrina, which has retained its ancient name, is located near the ancient city where statuettesand inscription have been found There were several important cities on the island in antiquity - Hephaistia, inhabited since prehistoric times; Kabeirio, with its age-old sanctuary; Poliochni. One can visit the beaches and villages of Moudros, Livadohori, Thanos, Skandali, Kaminia by either car or boat, and there are plenty of hotels and rooms for rent to accommodate the large number of tourists who are beginning to know this picturesque island. |
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