Ákra Asfalí

Ákra Asfalí is a cape in Lesvos, North Aegean Islands. Ákra Asfalí is situated nearby to the hamlet Achlia, as well as near the village Panagiouda.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yeni Mosque and Valide Mosque.

Yeni Mosque

Photo: Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Yeni Mosque is a former mosque in partial ruins, located in Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, in the North Aegean region of Greece. It was built in 1825 by local governor Mustafa Agha Koulaxiz, the largest and newest of the Ottoman era mosques on the island. Yeni Mosque is situated 3 km south of Ákra Asfalí.

Valide Mosque

Museum

Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Valide Mosque, known locally as the Valide Djami, is a former mosque in Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, in the North Aegean region of Greece. Completed in 1615 during the Ottoman era, the mosque was abandoned in the 1920s, following the Balkan Wars and the Greco-Turkish population exchange, and was left in a partial ruinous state. Valide Mosque is situated 3 km south of Ákra Asfalí.

Kalamiaris palm forest

Forest

Photo: Fallacia83, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kalamiaris palm forest or Panayouda palm forest is a semi-natural small palm forest on the east coast of Lesbos island. The original twenty-four Canary Island date palms were planted by the English diplomat Atkinson who brought them from Egypt in the late 19th century.