Poliohni

Poliohni, the most remarkable settlement of the island, is situated on the eastern coast of Lemnos, near Kaminia village. It was founded in about 4.000 b.C., right opposite of Troy, which was founded 1.000 later, when Poliohni had already evolved into an urban center with stone houses, wall, wells, roads and even parliament. It is considered to be the oldest urban center and commercial port of Europe and overtopped the NE Aegean sea for 2.000 years.

Poliohni’s parliament is the oldest testimony of the democratic constitution in the whole world. It was also named “Eptapolis” (seven cities), as seven different cities were excavated.

It was destroyed by successive earthquakes 500 years before Preamus’s Troy. Among the findings there is the golden jewelry treasure that is exposed in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens and reminds of “Preamus’s treasure”, that was found by Schliemann in Troy.

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Road from Kontopouli

Tel: 22540 91249