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Panagiouda
Panagiouda ( el, Παναγιούδα, ''Panagioúda'') is a village on the east coast of Lesbos; north of Mytilene. As of 2011, Panagiouda had 906 inhabitants which were primarily fisherman, fishermen. History The settlement was founded after an earthquake in 1867 forced many people from Afalonas to abandon their town and start anew. The first forty houses were constructed in 1874. Kalamiaris, at the north of Panagiouda, is the birthplace of Odysseas Elytis. There is also the magnificent Panayoudha palm forest, which consists of Phoenix canariensis palms, and three flour tower houses of the early 20th century. After the destruction of Minor Asia in 1924, 100 people immigrated to Panagiouda. Etymology The name of the village comes from the Holy Virgin (''Panayia'') church there. It means "Small Holy Virgin". The church had been constructed by the great local architect Arghiris Adhalis in 1896 and is dedicated to the Holy Virgin's birthday. Travel Mytilene National Airpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panayoudha Palm Forest
Kalamiaris palm forest or Panayouda palm forest (Kalamiaris is the northern area of Panagiouda, Lesbos, Panayouda settlement) is a semi-natural small palm forest on the east coast of Lesbos, Lesbos island. The original twenty-four Canary Island Date Palms (''Phoenix canariensis'') were planted by the English diplomat Atkinson who brought them from Egypt in the late 19th century. Later when those palms were starting to produce seeds, new palms born around, so that today we can speak for a small but dense palm forest, which at 80% of its palm population is natural and totally (artificial and natural way vegetation) has about 150-155 phoenix canariensis palm trees. The forest continues to propagate new seed palms yet, but it has not been protected by the local authority. These seed palms are food for some local vegetarian animals or being stolen, so the forest spreads out very slowly. Text resources A small reference at the Greek net siteA small reference for the palm forest surroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
