Achlia
Achlia is a hamlet in Lesbos, Lesvos, North Aegean Islands and has about 115 residents. Achlia is situated nearby to the village Moria, as well as near Panagiouda.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 115 residents
- Description: human settlement in Greece
- Postal code: 81150
Places of Interest
Highlights include Roman Aqueduct and Kalamiaris palm forest.
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.
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 4 km southeast of Achlia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moria and Panagiouda.
Panagiouda
Village
Photo: Fallacia83, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Panagiouda is a village on the east coast of Lesbos; 6 km north of Mytilene. As of 2011, Panagiouda had 906 inhabitants which were primarily fishermen.
Achlia
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Lesbos, Lesvos, North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.13673° or 39° 8′ 12″ northLongitude
26.527° or 26° 31′ 37″ eastPopulation
115Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
8GF84GPG+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 2425622147OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
12493570Wikidata ID
Q21645919
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Greek to Turkish—“Achlia” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Αχλιά Λέσβου”
- Greek: “Αχλιά”
- Irish: “Achlia”
- Turkish: “Ahliya (Midilli)”
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Highlights include 5 X 5 - Σπανός and Church of Agios Vasileios, Moria.
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