{"id":40692,"date":"2024-02-21T19:42:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T17:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/leros\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T19:42:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T17:42:26","slug":"leros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/leros\/","title":{"rendered":"Leros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The enchanting Panteli of Leros<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

L\u00e9ros played an important strategic role in the Aegean, due to its central position and deep, protected bays. The dictionary \u201cBabini\u00f3tis\u201d informs us that its name probably comes from<\/strong> the word \u201clevr\u00f3s\u201d, which means \u201csmooth\u201d. This name appeared in the 6th century BC (in inscriptions dating from that era). A settlement that was unearthed in Parth\u00e9ni provides evidence that the island was inhabited since 4500BC. Homer called the island, together with N. K\u00e1lymnos, the \u201cKal\u00fddnai n\u00edsoi\u201d and writes that they sent ships to Troy. <\/p>\n\n

In later years L\u00e9ros was captured and colonised by the Dorians<\/strong>, who were followed by the Iones. After the Persian wars, L\u00e9ros was a member of the Athenian Allies, but came into Spartan hands around the end of the 5th century BC, during the Pelop\u00f3nnisian war. L\u00e9ros is the birthplace of the ancient poet Dim\u00f3dikos as well as of the historian Pherek\u00fddis. There are remains of a temple to a goddess (some say \u00c1rtemis, as the island was known as the island of goddess \u00c1rtemis) in Parth\u00e9ni, ancient fortifications in Xir\u00f3kampos (Palai\u00f3kastro) and a settlement from the 7th century BC in Ag\u00eda Mar\u00edna. <\/p>\n\n

The island later followed the fate of the remaining Dodek\u00e1nisa<\/strong>, i.e. Roman Rule, Byzantine, Frankish Rule (14th and 15th century) and Turkish Rule (16th up until 19th century). In 1912 the island came into the hands of the Italians, who built a nautical base and unique buildings that still charm even today. In 1948, the island was reunited with Mother Greece.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The climate is mild and the average temperature during summer is 26\u00b0C and 17\u00b0C during winter. There are many interesting events (cultural, artistic) organised each summer.<\/p>\n\n

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The fishing harbour of Agia Marina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Ag\u00eda Mar\u00edna<\/strong>, along with Pl\u00e1tanos on its outskirts, completes the capital of the island (Pl\u00e1tanos is the official capital). Most of its houses were built at the beginning of the 20th century and the archaeological findings in \u201cBro\u00fatzi\u201d show that the ancient town, which started in the area of the Castle, reached up to here. The Byzantine Castle (built on the ruins of the ancient citadel of the 7th century BC) provides Agia Mar\u00edna shelter with its shadow and completes a conspicuous landmark.<\/p>\n\n

Sightseeing:<\/strong> Go up to admire the Castle and visit the church of Panag\u00eda, which dominates over all the others (it has beautiful murals, a rare art icon of Panag\u00eda thought to be miraculous, a very beautiful ecclesiastic collection and a bell of bronze and silver, made by Russian technicians in the age of the Tsar).<\/p>\n\n

Celebrations:<\/strong> On the 17th July is the feast of Agia Mar\u00edna, the feast of the Panag\u00eda of the Castle with its great celebration held on the 15th August and the wine f\u00eate (first fortnight in August).<\/p>\n\n

Flavours: <\/strong>Mainly seafood but also very nice meat. Try \u201cdias\u00f3galo\u201d (soft drink) and the \u201cpoung\u00e1kia\u201d sweets (like those in P\u00e1tmos).<\/p>\n\n

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View of the harbour in Lakki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

During the Italian rule of the Dodek\u00e1nisa (first half of the 20th century), Lakki bay<\/strong> was chosen for a naval station. The shape of the area completely changed since then. Wide roads, beautiful buildings and parks with trees make for a town that is pleasant to look at. The curved line of buildings instead of the normal corners is softer on the eye.<\/p>\n\n

The Greek torpedo boat \u201cVas\u00edlissa \u00d3lga\u201d<\/strong> was sunk here during a raid of German airplanes in 1943. A monument has been erected here (on the small pier with the slip) in memory of the sailors who were lost.<\/p>\n\n

Sightseeing: <\/strong>The public buildings of Italian rule have remained and among the churches that stand out for their historic interest are Agios Io\u00e1nnis of Theol\u00f3gos (the mosaics date from the 11th century), which stands on the road towards Go\u00farna bay and \u00c1gios Nik\u00f3laos in the town.<\/p>\n\n

Celebrations: <\/strong>Cultural events take place all summer long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

L\u00e9ros played an important strategic role in the Aegean, due to its central position and deep, protected bays. The dictionary \u201cBabini\u00f3tis\u201d informs us that its name probably comes from the word \u201clevr\u00f3s\u201d, which means \u201csmooth\u201d. This name appeared in the 6th century BC (in inscriptions dating from that era). A settlement that was unearthed in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[741,740],"tags":[452,893],"class_list":["post-40692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agathonisi-to-leros-islands","category-dodecanese","tag-history","tag-leros","category-741","category-740","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40693,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40692\/revisions\/40693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}