The Pelasgei had for capital them Volcano, which excavated from the Italian Archaeological
faculty afterwards 1926. The acne continued from 1000 as the 1200 before Christ
roughly. The archaeological space includes a enormous multifunctional building
of extent of ten roughly acres. Have been revealed brilliant buildings, palaces,
baths and christian churches him will recognize from the important buildings,
the theatre and holy the Hefaistia, that was dedicated in the Big View Limnos,
which at the archaelogists is identified with the view Artemi. In the possessed
rooms of holy was found marvellous work of art, as entire order by earthen statues
that depicted Sirens and Wasps.
Outside po' the city to the N.W was discovered nekro'poljs the Hefaistia with
rich discoveries and beside other three cemeteries of later years Volcanos was
burned by their Persians 511 b.C., however the Athenians rebuilt and it was
maintained as capital or second last city the island up to the Middle ages.
At the same period it functioned also holy the Kaveiria (noteworthy that only
two such holily they exist in Greece, the one in Limnos and the other opposite
in the Samothrace)in the place Grass opposite from Volcano which was maintained
up to the romans years Afterwards their Persian wars ,Limnos passed in the power
of Athenians from the 479 p.H. In island installed itself settlers and the Athenian
guard. Certain local left mainly the Myrjna that resisted more, while remained
mainly theHefaistia that accepted the Athenian sovereignty. The residents of
Limnos shortly incorporated itself with Athenian portions. From 4th centure
it exists in the island Parliament, assembly and political activities, proportional
with those of metropolis of Athens. |