Agiasos traditional settlement panorama - stock photo

Panorama of Agiasos traditional settlement Agiassos is a colorful small town, in the heart of mount Olympus (female) dense forest at Lesvos island,north Aegean,Hellas (Greece)."nAlthough not a coastal settlement,attracts important tourism for three reasons:"n 1st: the rare, for such a large extent residential coherence, beauty and picturesque. Traditional architecture in popular houses,stone-built with the dark characteristic stone of the island or with multicolored coatings and in impressive individual or public buildings with clear neoclassical influances .That is why the settlement as a whole has been declared traditional by the Ministry of Culture."n 2nd: the wonderful products of folk artisans in ceramics, wood carving and small furniture and"n 3rd: principally,the Holy Church of Our Baby-holding Lady with the homonymous miracle-working icon which gathers throughout the year but mainly at the great festival of August 15th thousands of believers from all over the world to worship her grace.