Description: Perron09_079 1884 Perron map MYTILENE, ISLAND OF LESBOS, GREECE, #79 Nice small map titled Mytilene, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression. Overall size approx. 17.5 x 17 cm, image size approx. 10 x 7.5 cm. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes, 19 vol. (1875-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Cartographer is Charles Perron. Mytilene, Modern Greek Mitilíni chief town of the island of Lésbos and of the nomós (department) of Lésbos, Greece. Mytilene, whose name is pre-Greek, is also the seat of a metropolitan bishop of the Orthodox church. The ancient city, lying off the east coast, was initially confined to an island that later was joined to Lésbos, creating a north and south harbour. Mytilene contested successfully with Methymna in the north of the island for the leadership of the island in the 7th century BCE and became the centre of the island's prosperous hinterland. From the 6th century BCE the city suffered from dictators, wars with Athens, Persian conquest, and civil revolts. It was made a free city under the Romans. From 1355 to 1462 the Gateluzzi family occupied the island, rebuilding (1373) the Byzantine fortress. In 1462 Lésbos fell to the Turks, who held it until 1912; it joined the Greek kingdom in 1913. In 1958 a Greek theatre, overlooking the town from the hillside, was excavated. Pop. (2001) 27,247.
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Publication Year: 1884
Year: 1884
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