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THE Holy is a town in the prefecture Lesvos. It is built at a distance of 27 kilometers from the city Of Mytilene, inside the island on the slopes of Mount Olympus at an altitude of 460 meters. According to the 2001 census it has a population of 2,498 inhabitants.
At a glance
Agiassos preserves unchanged elements of traditional architecture and has been declared a traditional settlement. Although it is not a seaside settlement, it has a lot of tourist traffic during the summer months.
History
The 15th century must have been the beginning of the mass movement of the inhabitants of the settlements around Agiasos. From Pentili 17 families came and built houses in the area of Karya. The settlement that was created became known as "Agia Sion" and over the years evolved into "Agiasos". In 1701 Agiasos was endowed with a sultan's firman of innocence, that is, it was exempted from paying taxes and shortly afterwards the inhabitants of the surrounding villages, in order to obtain this privilege, began to move in groups to Agiasos. However, because the area of Karya was not suitable for habitation, as they were forced to build their houses in inaccessible places near the torrent, which often caused floods, the Agiasotes went to where today is the Holy Shrine of the Virgin and which at that time served as a cemetery . Another larger monastery was built and the village began to be organized around it in the form of the basin we see today.
How to get there
It has a bus from Mytilene. And the road network is very good
What to see
- Our Lady of Agiasos. It celebrates the Fifteenth of August. It is a big festival, while residents from all over the island of Lesvos flock to Agiasos, even walking the route. The monastery was built to house the icon carried by the monk Agathonas from Jerusalem. The name of Agiasos comes from the inscription on the icon ("MOTHER OF GOD SAINT ZION"). The phrase Agia Zion with which the pilgrims used to characterize the icon and the monastery was corrupted in Agiason and then in Agiasos.
- Folklore Museum of Agiasos Reading Room. The Folklore Museum of Agiasos Reading Room is perhaps the most important of its class in Lesvos and not only, due to the richness and variety of the exhibits it hosts. It is located next to the library and theater building. The Private Folklore Collection of Stratis Pan is hosted. Gini (1912 - 2006), consists of 62 paintings with 870 exhibits of local handicrafts, home crafts and folk art. Special boards, in Greek and English, inform the visitor about the content of each table and the usability of the items. In the small room on the ground floor, old textile tools are on display (sitting and standing loom, a tool with which they wooled the wool, on the pedestal, etc.) as well as the potter's bench. In the middle room of the floor we see traditional costumes (Skolian and everyday), showcases with woven, Simenika, ceramics by Nikolas Kourtzis and Charalambos Pantazis, as well as old photographs. The hall that houses the Gallery of Lesbian Painters, has works by Strati P. Anastaselis, Strati Axioti, Iakovou Moutzoureli, Charilaou Hadjivassiliou, Vanas Kanima-Gerou, Irini Tzanis-Chatzisavzou Kouzi, Gi , V. Kontivei, Dimitris Kountoureli, G. Synodi, Karakonti, M. Sougioultzi Primou, Strati Athinaiou, Anagnostopoulos, Protopatsi and Giorgos Kakadelis.
Entertainment
- Chestnut feast. The chestnut festival is mobile, depending on the harvest of the chestnut growers is set at the beginning of November. Every year, from early in the morning, at 10:00 a.m. People flood the squares and the central parts of the settlement, where the traditional foufoudes and cauldrons are lit and roasted and boiled chestnuts are offered to the guests free of charge, as well as other traditional products of the chestnut grove. In the market square there are exhibitions of chestnut products such as birches (processed wood), drums (large beams used as a support for the roofs, iconostasis (large wooden chestnut shoots used to stick the olive fruit), chestnut (rotten chestnut trunk which is considered as a fertilizer for flowers, chestnut picking, sorting and weighing media such as the coffin (deep basket), the chatal (fork), the cadar (hanging scale) and wonderful chestnut furniture.
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