Mitilini

Mytilene is a town based inside the 11th century BC. Mytilene is the capital town and port of the island of Lesbos and also the capital of the North Aegean Region. The seat of the governor of the North Aegean Region is Mytilene. Mytilene is likewise one of 13 municipalities counties on the island of Lesbos. Mytilene is constructed on the southeast edge of the island. It is also the seat of a metropolitan bishop of the Eastern Orthodox Church. As an historic city, mendacity off the east coast, Mytilene became to begin with confined to a small island just offshore that later become joined to Lesbos, developing a north and south harbor.

The early harbors of Mytilene had been related at some point of historical times by a channel 700 meters lengthy and 30 meters huge. The Roman author Longus speaks of white stone bridges linking the two aspects. The strait allowed historic warships known as triremes, with three tiers of rowers or greater. The boats that handed had been ca. 6 meters huge plus oars and had depth of meters. The regions of the metropolis that had been densely populated related the 2 our bodies of land with marble bridges.

They generally followed a curved line. The strait starts offevolved at the antique market known as Apano Skala. It became also close to Metropolis Street and ended at the Southern Harbor. One may want to argue that the channel transversed what is now referred to as Ermou Street. Over time the strait started to accumulate silt and earth. There turned into additionally human intervention for the safety of the Castle of Mytilene. The strait subsequently full of earth.