it the third largest Greek island. It is separated from Turkey by the narrow Mytilini Strait . Lesbos ... lesbos.htm title Lesbos ref The island is forested and mountainous with two large peaks ... thumb 200px Ouzo Plomari of Lesbos Twelve historic churches on the island were listed together ... Greek Orthodox elements of the island s population. In 2008, a group of Lesbos islanders lost ... on the island. Theophrastus 370 285 BC , philosopher and botanist Theoctiste of Lesbos 9th century ...Infobox settlement See Template Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions name Lesbos ... peak rises 967 meters over Lesbos imagesize image flag flag alt image seal seal alt image shield shield alt nickname motto image map 2011 Dimos Lesvou.png map alt map caption Lesbos within the North ... iso code website url www.lesvos.gr footnotes Lesbos IPA el le zvo s lang el , transliterated ... is a Greece Greek List of islands of Greece island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea . It has ... 90,000, a third of which lives in its capital, Mytilene, in the southeastern part of the island ... Middle Ages, it was under Byzantine Empire Byzantine and Republic of Genoa Genovese 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. Geography Image Lesbos small.jpg thumb left Satellite photo of Lesbos 1995 Lesbos lies in the far east of the Aegean sea, facing the Turkish coast Gulf of Edremit ... the Evolutionary Process of Life on Earth publisher UNESCO Global Geoparks Network ref The island s Volcano volcanic origin is manifested in several hot spring s and the two gulfs. Lesbos is verdant, aptly named Emerald Island , with a greater variety of flora than expected for the island s size. Eleven million olive tree s cover 40 of the island together with other fruit tree s. Forests of mediterranean ... or urban. In the western part of the island is the world s second largest petrified forest ... more details
Infobox Pref GR name Lesbos name local image map Nomos Lesvou.png periph North Aegean capital ... rank 31st postal code 81x xx area code 225x0 licence Lemnos , Lesbos provinces 4 municip 17 commun 1 ISO GR 83 munic map Lesbos municipalities numbered.png Lesbos Prefecture lang el was one of the prefectures of Greece . It comprised three main islands Lesbos itself, Lemnos , and the smaller island of Agios Efstratios . In 2011 the prefecture was abolished and the territory is now covered by the regional units of Greece regional units of Lesbos and Lemnos regional unit Lemnos . Its capital was the town of Mytilene , on Lesbos. Places Mytilene , the capital city of the island and the prefecture itself. Kalloni , the central town of the island of Lesbos. Agia Paraskevi, Lesbos Agia Paraskevi , on the island of Lesbos. Eressos , on the island of Lesbos. Myrina, Greece Myrina , capital town of the island of Limnos. Agios Efstratios , on the homonymous isle. Provinces Province ... Area code Agia Paraskevi, Lesbos Agia Paraskevi 3501 811 02 22520 3 Agiasos 3502 811 01 22520 2 Atsiki ... 3509 Thermi Lesbos Thermi 811 00 22510 7 Mantamados 3510 811 04 22530 6 Mithymna 3511 811 07 br 811 ... 22510 2 through 7 Nea Koutali 3515 Kontias 814 00 22540 5 Petra, Lesbos Petra 3516 811 09 22530 Plomari ... code Area code Agios Efstratios 3503 815 00 22540 9 See also List of settlements in the Lesbos prefecture ... 10 N 26 20 E display title Category Lesbos Prefecture Category Prefectures of Greece Category 1915 establishments in Greece ar bg de Lesbos Pr fektur el es Prefectura de Lesbos eo Lesbo provinco fr Nome de Lesbos ko hr Prefektura Lezbos it Lesbo prefettura he ka la Lesbos nomus Graeciae nl Lesbos departement ja no Lesbos prefektur nn L svos prefektur pl Nomos Lesbos pt Lesbos prefeitura ro Prefectura Lesbos ru sr sh Prefektura Lezbos tr Midilli il uk war Lesbos prefektura zh ... more details
Theoctiste of Lesbos is a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church . Born on the island of Lesbos , Theoctiste was orphaned as a child. The saint s relations brought her to a monastery where she was raised in great joy until her 18th year, at which time Theoctiste barely evaded capture by Saracen slave rs. She was taken captive with her sister and other local villagers of Lesbos and brought to the island of Paros . Once on Paros Theoctiste was able to escape. She found refuge in an island church dedicated to the Holy Theotokos and Perpetual Virginity of Mary Ever Virgin Mary and dwelt there, as a hermit , for the next 35 years of her life. Numerous miraculous events are associated with her life and her relic s. Saint Theoctiste of Lesbos died in the late 9th century. She is commemorated on the 9th and 22 November in Eastern Christian Churches, and 10 November in the Roman Catholic Church . http www.stjohndc.org Russian saints e 9711c.htm See also Portal Saints Mary of Egypt Syncletica of Alexandria Sarah of the Desert Poustinik References http www.stjohndc.org Russian saints e 9711c.htm St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Cathedral Saints http www.catholic.org saints saint.php?saint id 2200 Saints at Catholic Online DEFAULTSORT Theoctiste Of Lesbos Category People from Lesbos Category Greek hermits Category Catholic saints Category Eastern Orthodox saints Category Eastern Catholic saints Category 9th century Christian saints Category 9th century Byzantine people Category Paros Orthodoxy stub Byzantine bio stub ... more details
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Infobox Film name Vampyros Lesbos image Vampyroslesbos.jpg image size 215px caption DVD cover director Jes s Franco producer Artur Brauner br Karl Heinz Mannchen writer Jes s Franco br Jaime Ch varri starring Soledad Miranda br Ewa Str mberg br Andr s Monales br Dennis Price br Paul M ller actor Paul M ller music Jes s Franco br Manfred H bler br Sigi Schwab cinematography Manuel Merino editing Clarissa Ambach distributor Exclusivas Floralva Distribuci n S.A. released 15 July 1971 br West Germany br 1973 Spain runtime 89 minutes country Cinema of Germany West Germany Cinema of Spain Spain language German language German budget gross Vampyros Lesbos is a 1971 erotic horror film directed and co written by Jes s Franco Jes s Jess Franco , inspired by Bram Stoker s short story Dracula s Guest . ref Firsching, Robert http www.allmovie.com cg avg.dll?p avg&sql 1 160299 T0 Overview Allmovie ref Plot On a remote island, beautiful bloodsucker Countess Nadine Oskudar Soledad Miranda lures unwary victims with her seductive nightclub act and sets her sights on silky blonde Linda Ewa Str mberg , initiating her into the realm of love beyond the grave. After their first carnal encounter, Linda wanders the beach in a daze and falls under the care of Dr. Seward Dennis Price , who s intent on using Nadine to become a vampire himself. Cast Soledad Miranda Countess Nadine Oskudar Ewa Str mberg Linda Westinghouse small as Ewa Stromberg small Dennis Price Dr. Alwin Seward small as Denis Price small ... for you. ref http www.filmcritic.com reviews 1971 vampyros lesbos Filmcritic.com ref DVD Verdict said ... to nothing make Vampyros Lesbos a cult gem that lives up to its stellar reputation. ref http www.dvdverdict.com ... Lesbian related films Category Sexploitation films 1970s horror film stub de Vampyros Lesbos Erbin des Dracula es Vampyros Lesbos fr Vampyros Lesbos it Vampyros Lesbos ja pl Vampyros Lesbos pt Vampiras L sbicas ru sv Vampyros Lesbos ... more details
Other people2 Asclepiodotus disambiguation Asclepiodotus Asclepiodotus lang el lang grc of Lesbos was an ally of Mithridates VI of Pontus during the First Mithridatic War of 90 85 BC. He was close to Mithridates, and had once entertained him as a guest. In the later stages of the war, c. 85 BC, he joined with three other intimates of the king, Cleisthenes of Lesbos and Mynnio and Philotimus of Smyrna , in a conspiracy against him, but informed him of the plot, advising him to hide under a couch to hear Mynnio incriminate himself. The conspirators were tortured to death. ref Appian , Mithridatic Wars http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?lookup App. Mith. 7.46 7.48 ref References reflist AncientGreece bio stub Citizendium Category 1st century BC Greek people Category People from Ancient Lesbos ... more details
Orphan date July 2011 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Lesbos in Love image caption image size background group or band alias origin Santiago, Chile genre Pop rock , Pop music Pop , New Wave music New Wave , Synth Pop Synthpop , Darkwave Dark years active 2000 2006 label Crisis Records associated acts website http www.lesbosinlove.com current members Tonko Yutronic , Jazmin Avenda o past members notable instruments Lesbos in Love , is a Chile an band formed in Santiago, Chile Santiago by Jazmin Avenda o and Tonko Yutronic. Biography Lesbos In Love formed in 2000 in Santiago, Chile as a duo whose members came from different bands Miradas & Doncellas, Ciudadano Kane, Sincro and Area 52 among others . Jazmin Avenda o and Tonko Yutronic had previously met in 1996 under a project called ASTRADYNE named after the homonymous song by Ultravox ULTRAVOX with ex ARTEKKNIA Mario Aguilar. Together, they recorded just one song , Nas Noites which remains unreleased until now. The Ghost of Her is their debut album, which comprises nine songs composed and produced between 2000 and 2001. It is sung in English and Portuguese to be issued early this year . During 2002, they were invited to contribute to the soundtrack for the film Sangre Eterna by the director Jorge Olguin. The selected song was The End , included in the homonymous album that Warner Music Chile released in November of the same year. Due to the relative success of the movie, they decided to put out a domestic edition in which The End was the main single and Alem do sol , its b side an attempt to show both musical sides of the band a pop more accessible approach and a darker more contemplative one . The following years saw the band involved in gigs and the finishing of the album, which was done ... Web Site http www.purevolume.com lesbosinlove Audio Streaming Web Site II DEFAULTSORT Lesbos In Love ... es lesbos in love ... more details
Image Agios Issidoros 2004 07 26 11.JPG thumb Aerial view of Agios Isidoros beach in summer 2004 Agios Isidoros lang el is a village in the municipality of Plomari , Lesbos Island , Greece . It is located just one kilometer outside the town of Plomari, South Lesvos. It has a unique pebble d beach which is one of the longest in Lesvos and voted as The 7th best beach in Greece due to the safety provided, the clean water and care for the environment. Travel Guide About Agios Isidoros http www.agiosisidoros.com coord 38 28 N 26 02 E display title region GR type city source GNS enwiki Category Populated places in Lesbos greece geo stub ... more details
a powerful cultural and economic center for the island. The village is known for its old mansions ... that shows the Republic of Venice Venetian and Ancient Rome Roman occupation of the island and is a rare ... of the school building, one of the most attractive on the island, was financed by revenues from ... industrial architecture of the early 20th century 1910 on the island. Initially, it had been ... business. In 1984, with the support of the Prefecture of Lesbos Prefecture Lesbos , it was restored ... reflist External links http www.agiaparaskevi.net Official website en el icon Lesbos div Category Populated places in Lesbos ar el it Agia Paraskevi Egeo Settentrionale nl Agia Paraskevi Lesbos ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2008 Image Versteend hout.jpg thumb Petrified tree The petrified forest of Lesvos is a petrified forest on Lesvos in Greece . It has been designated as a protected natural monument. The petrified forest of Lesvos was formed from the fossilized remains of plant s, which can be found in many localities on the western part of Lesvos Island. The area enclosed by the villages of Eressos , Antissa and Sigri is very dense in fossilized tree trunks and forms the Petrified Forest of Lesvos, which is managed by the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest . Isolated plant fossils can be found in many other parts of the island, including the village s of Molyvos , Polichnitos , Plomari and Akrasi. See also Petrified Forest National Park External links Commons category http www.petrifiedforest.gr The Lesvos Petrified Forest European and Global Geopark http www.lesvosmuseum.gr site home ws.csp The Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest http ec.europa.eu enterprise sectors tourism eden themes destinations countries greece lesvos index en.htm Awarded EDEN European Destinations of Excellence non traditional tourist destination 2009 Coord 39 12 13 N 25 52 28 E source elwiki region GR display title DEFAULTSORT Petrified Forest Of Lesvos Category Geography of Greece Category Lesvos Island Category Global Geoparks Network members Category Parks in Greece Greece geo stub el id Hutan fosil kayu di Lesvos nl Versteend woud van Lesbos sv F rstenade skogen p Lesbos ... more details
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Croatia n island in the Adriatic Sea Image Small Island in Lower Saranac Lake.jpg thumb 230px A small island in Lower Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks in the U.S. Image Hawai i.jpg right thumb The islands of Hawaii island Hawai i are volcanic islands Image Fernando noronha.jpg thumb Fernando de Noronha are submerged mountains islands Image Wake Island.png right thumb Wake Island is a volcanic island that has become an atoll An island IPAc en icon a l n d or isle IPAc en a l is any piece ... land features on atoll s can be called islet s, cay s or keys. An river islandisland in a river or an lake islandisland in a lake may be called an ait eyot IPAc en a . t also ait IPAc en e t , or holm island holm . A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago . An island may still be described as such despite the presence of an artificial land bridge ... Dutch delta islands, such as IJsselmonde island IJsselmonde . Some places may even retain island in their names ..., such as Coney Island . Conversely, when a piece of land is separated from the mainland by a man made canal, for example the Peloponnese by the Corinth Canal , it is generally not considered an island ... island s. Etymology The word island comes from Middle English iland , from Old English igland from ig , similarly meaning island when used independently, and land carrying its contemporary meaning cf. Dutch language Dutch eiland island , German language German Eiland small island . However, the spelling ... . ref cite web url http dictionary.reference.com browse Island title Island accessdate 2007 03 ... is the world s largest island ref name jc cite web url http www.worldislandinfo.com SUPERLATIVESV2.html title Joshua Calder s World Island Info publisher Worldislandinfo.com date accessdate 2011 07 29 ... web url http www.worldislandinfo.com CONTISLAND.html title Australia Island or Continent? publisher ... books?id uHq 8awQIbgC&pg PT179&dq island continent pluto&hl en&ei BpAyTo6zI4PKgQfnhZH4DA&sa X&oi ... more details
refimprove date July 2011 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name On an Island Type Album Artist David Gilmour Cover David Gilmour On An Island.jpg Released 6 March 2006 UK br March 7, 2006 ... Thomas Last album About Face album About Face br 1984 This album On an Island br 2006 Next album Live ... album 9449331 review 9777389 on an island Dead link date August 2011 ref noprose yes On an Island ... title On an Island ref Background Notable appearances include Robert Wyatt , Jools Holland , Georgie ... track Island Jam which was subsequently released on the CD single for Smile in Europe. On an Island ... also produced two minorly successful singles the title track On an Island and Smile , both peaking at 72 on the UK Singles Chart . On an Island also peaked at 27 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks Billboard ... by Zbigniew Preisner . Based on a night he spent on Kastell rizo . On an Island song On an Island Gilmour Polly Samson Samson 6 47 Featuring David Gilmour on guitars, vocals, electric piano ... 2006. On an Island Gilmour Samson This Heaven Gilmour Samson Smile Gilmour Samson Take a Breath Gilmour ... and Graham Nash also appeared on select dates, reprising their studio performance of On An Island ... br At the beginning of the tour the above tracks were played during Set 2 On an Island entire album br At the beginning of the tour the On an Island album made up the entire first set. The album was originall ... comfortablynumb2.jpg thumb right 150px David Gilmour at Radio City Music Hall during his On an Island ... DEFAULTSORT On An Island Category David Gilmour albums Category 2006 albums Category EMI Records albums ... by David Gilmour Category Albums recorded at Abbey Road Studios ca On an Island cs On an Island de On an Island es On an Island fa fr On an Island it On an Island ka On An Island hu On an Island nl On an Island ja no On an Island nn On an Island pl On an Island pt On an Island ro On an Island ru On an Island sk On An Island fi On An Island sv On an Island ... more details
File LookStranger.jpg thumb right 1st edition UK On This Island is a book of poems by W. H. Auden , first published under the title Look, Stranger in the UK in 1936, then published under Auden s preferred title, On this Island , in the US in 1937. The book contains thirty one poems. The opening Prologue O Love the interest itself in thoughtless heaven is followed by short and long poems including Hearing of harvests , O what is that sound , Out on the lawn , Brothers who when the sirens roar , Love had him fast , A shilling life , Our hunting fathers , and others, ending with an Epilogue Certainly our city . The title of Auden s typescript was Thirty One Poems . Auden s UK publisher Faber & Faber asked him to supply a better title, but he was traveling in Iceland and inaccessible, so the publisher titled the book Look, Stranger Auden disliked the title and asked his American publisher Random House to title the book On This Island . The book is dedicated to Erika Mann . A song cycle of the same name by Benjamin Britten sets five of Auden s poems. References John Fuller poet John Fuller , W. H. Auden A Commentary 1999 . Edward Mendelson , Early Auden 1981 . External links http audensociety.org The W. H. Auden Society Category 1936 books Category Books by W. H. Auden Category Poetry by W. H. Auden ... more details
This article is about Cunda Island in Turkey, for Cunda in Hinduism . Image Cunda2006.JPG thumb 200px right View from a fish restaurant in Cunda Island Cunda Island , also called Alibey Island , lang tr Cunda Adas , Alibey Adas Greek language Greek is the largest of a group of islands, formerly called Hekatonisa or Moshonisia in Greek. It is a small island in the northwestern Aegean Sea off the coast of Ayval k , part of Bal kesir Province of Turkey , with an area of 23 km . It is located 16 km east of LesbosIslandLesbos , Greece . The population numbered about 5,000 in 2000, while it had about 14.000 people at the beginning of the 20th century, all Greek speaking. Cunda is linked to Ayval k on the mainland by a causeway. The island has a typical resort town, and a bus and ferry link to Ayval k. Most of the island s former Greek population got killed in September 1922 contrary to the Greek population of Ayvalik that was expelled and only few families managed to survive by escaping to Lesbos. Following the Lausanne treaty 1923 , it was replaced by Muslims from Crete, Cretan Turks and Lesbos. The main landmark of Cunda remains the Taksiarchis church, the large former Greek Orthodox cathedral, now abandoned and dilapidated. Image Cunda church 07832.jpg thumb Broken stairs at interior of Cunda Cathedral Poroselene bay in the north of the island is probably the island s major sight. In antiquity, it was the home of a dolphin who saved a drowning boy, mentioned by Pausanias geographer Pausanias . Other interesting places to visit are the abandoned monasteries Taksiarchis ta Tsamia, Agios Dimitris ta Selina, Agios Giorgis to Psifi and Agios Giannis o Prodromos. In 2007, after a two year work, all 551 buildings in Cunda Island were inspected and registered by Turkish Science Academy and Y ld z Technical University Faculty of Architecture within the Turkey Culture Inventory Project . ref cite web url http arsiv.ntvmsnbc.com news 425255.asp title ... more details
refimprove date May 2010 File GaripIsland Dikili Turkey.jpg thumb 200px right Dikili coastline with Garip Island in the background Garip Island is a small 88 acres island off the coast of Dikili in zmir Province , Turkey . It is one of the two small islands, together called the Garip Islands lang tr Garip Adalar , at the cut point of Dikili s Bademli Bay. Both islands face the Greece Greek island of Lesbos . In antiquity the islands were known as the Arginusae or Arginussae lang grc they were the site of the Battle of Arginusae in 406 BC. Offered for sale under a single title deed since 2006, the island was sold to a Turkish development group in 2010. There is as yet no construction on the island. External links http www.privateislandsonline.com garip island.htm Islands for Sale coord missing Turkey Category Islands of Turkey Category Izmir Province Category Dikili zmir geo stub de Garip Adalar es Isla Garip fr les Arginuses sv Arginusiska arna tr Garip Adas ... more details
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