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	Leros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leros (Greek: Λέρος)is a Greek island in the Dodecanese, in the southern Aegean Sea.
		In the "Diary of the Prefecture of the Archipelagos" of 1886, Leros along with the islands of Patmos, Lipsos and Fournoi belonged to the Turks.
		On the 7 March 1948, Leros as with all the Dodecanese, was reunited with the rest of Greece.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leros (1152 words)

	History - Leros island in Greece
		In 1314 Leros was occupied by the Knights of St. John of Rhodes and they governed it tyrannically until 1523 when the Turks took command of the entire Aegean and plundered the islands.
		Despite the difficult conditions of the Turkish occupation Leros did manage to preserve a kind of autonomy and later when the Greek Revolution of 1821 broke out Lerians were some of the first to rise up.
		This was followed by two years of English occupation and then in March, 1948, Leros, along with the rest of the Dodecanese, was united with Greece.
	www.homestead.com /leros/history.html (498 words)

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		The list could be completed, for Leros has never ceased to be an episcopal see, and there is still a metropolitan, of Leros and the neighbouring island Calymnos, dependent upon the Greek Patriarchate of Constantinople.
		A possession of the Knights of Rhodes, the island sustained a siege in 1505, and was taken by the Turks in 1523; it was recovered by the Venetians, who razed its fortifications, in 1648; and it once more fell into the possession of the Osmanli.
		Leros now forms a caza of the sanjak of Chio, in the vilayet of Rhodes.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/l/leros.html (353 words)

	Leros Island - Dodecanese - Greece
		Leros' inhabitants are friendly and hospitable always happy to assist their visitors.
		Leros has many sights: The imposing pre-Byzantine Castle, ancient churches, museums, distinguished neoclassical houses of the nobble that match with the white and blue traditional popular houses of the island, tree-fringed beaches, beautiful villages.
		Leros is the island of Artemis, the goddess of nature and the hunt, is a paradise in the blue waters of the Agean.
	www.thegreektravel.com /leros (881 words)

	Pherecydes of Leros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Greek mythographer and logographer Pherecydes of Leros (c.
		His great treatises, a history of Leros, an essay On Iphigeneia, On the Festivals of Dionysus are all lost, but numerous fragments of his genealogies of the gods and heroes, originally in ten books, written in the Ionian dialect to glorify the ancestors in the heroic age of his 5th century patrons, have been preserved.
		Pherecydes of Leros should not be confused with Pherecydes of Syros, the mid-6th century philosopher, one of the Seven Sages of Greece, reputed to have been the teacher of Pythagoras.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pherecydes_of_Leros (216 words)

	Leros
		Leros is a Greek island in the Dodecanese, in the Aegean Sea.
		In the “Diary of the Prefecture of the Archipelagos“ of 1886, Leros along with the islands of Patmos, Lipsoi and Fournoi belonged to the Turks.
		On the 7th march 1948, Leros as with all the Dodecanese, was reunited with the rest of Greece.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greece/Cities/Leros.html (1107 words)

	Leros Greece hotels, travel agents, car rental, map of leros island
		Leros, the island of the Olympian goddess Artemis, is a small fertile island in the Dodecanese Cluster.
		Leros is situated between the islands of Leros and Kalymnos.
		Leros is especially admired and visited by people who wish to spend their vacations in a beautiful natural environment, embraced by soft sands and leafy green hills.
	www.united-hellas.com /tourism/dodecanese/leros/index.php (278 words)

	Leros
		Leros is an island that hides in it all you can think of an island.
		A sumptuous of colors that create pictures of unrivalled beauty, is what remains in the memory of the visitor, who is going to see the island for the very first time.
		It is the main port of Leros and it is famous for its comforts.
	www.greek-tourism.gr /leros (577 words)

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		Leros is full of creeks, with many promontories and deep bays— such as the picturesque Lakki Harbour.
		Leros Island is mountainous, and consists of three peninsulas joined by two isthmuses, with a total area of 20 square miles, and has a population of 10,000.
		It is believed that Leros and Kalymnos just to the southeast comprise the Kalydnian isles referred to by Homer, famous in ancient times for its honey and for a temple of Artemis.
	lerosmarina.gr /about_leros.htm (286 words)

	Leros, Greece, Greek islands
		As in the case of most Greek islands, Leros was tormented by constant pirate attacks during the Middle Ages, and for 300 years it belonged to the monastery of Patmos.
		The Knights of St. John from Rhodes took the island in 1319, and Leros was then invaded by the Turks in 1522.
		Leros is by no means a party island, but you can find a few bars and discos in Alinda, Agia Marina, Platanos and Pandeli.
	www.in2greece.com /english/places/summer/islands/leros.htm (978 words)

	Leros Apartments,find information about Apartments in Leros
		A glorious moment for Leros was the cultural development experienced in the 5th century B.C. Those were the days of such illustrious figures as Demodicus, the satirical poet, and Pheredikes, the historian.
		Leros lies in the south-east part of the Aegean Sea, between the island of Patmos and Kalymnos.
		Accommodations and taverns are available in all the villages of Leros Island and various other touristy facilities can be found in the touristy resorts and in the lovely capital of Leros.Partheni.
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		Like the rest of Greece, Leros was occupied by the Turks from 1523 and later by the Italians, who had an obvious influence on the physical appearance of the island.
		On the western side of Leros is Gournas Bay that possesses the longest sandy beach on the island.
		Leros is connected to other islands in the Dodecanese cluster (Kalymnos, Kastelorizo, Kos, Lipsous, Nisyros, Leros and Rhodes) as well as Ikaria and Samos in the Eastern Aegean Sea.
	www.united-hellas.com /tourism/dodecanese/leros/info.htm (783 words)

	Leros Island, Dodecannese Islands, Travel and Hotels Links Directory. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Leros island, this little paradise situated in the Aegean sea, in Greece, a place where visitors can find places to relax, to have a very nice swimm, to have a very good meal, or to have a crazy night partying.
		Leros offers so many possibilities that everyone can find what he is looking for, and the island keeps it's friendly image.
		Today Leros gives one the impression of being one of the last small paradises left the visitor who is seeking rare and untrammelled natural beauty.
	holidays-in-greece.com /dodecanese/ler (840 words)

	Greek-islands.net - Greek Islands Net is an excellent entrance to all travel information on this Greek Island.
		Leros Greek island Located Between Patmos and Kalymnos.Leros is an Island of small fertile valleys sandwiched between rolling green hills,deep coves and pretty beaches.
		Of special significance during Byzantine times, it's shape is that given by the Knights of John,who arrived in Leros in the 14th century.
		One of the most striking features of Leros is the Kastro of the Virgin Mary (Panagia Kastrou) that towers above the island's capital Platanos.
	www.greek-islands.net /leros.html (919 words)

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		Lying between Patmos and Kalimnos, Leros is an island with many beautiful bays.
		In 1912 Leros island was taken over by the Italians as were the other Dodecanese islands.
		Leros island was finally united to Greece in 1948.
	lerosholidays.gr /about.htm (829 words)

	Leros accommodation Leros apartments, Leros studios tourist information Leros Dodecanese islands
		Leros is one of the Greek Dodecanese Islands located in the Aegean Sea 295 kilometres south east of Athens and 95 kilometres north west of Rhodes.Situated between Patmos and Kalimnos, Leros is an island of small fertile valleys sandwiched between rolling green hills, deep coves and pretty beaches.
		Leros is a pretty, green island shaped like the piece of a jigsaw puzzle with four huge lake-like bays indenting its 77-kilometre coastline.
		After the Second World War Leros was used to incarcerate prisoners and psychiatric patients and a series of scandals about conditions in the local sanatoria kept foreign tourists at bay.
	www.geocities.com /lerosisland (631 words)

	Leros
		During the Byzantine ages the name LEROS and LER(N)OS are used, and it is possible that the name came from "lernus" which means smooth and rocky.
		Leros is also known as the island of Diana or Artemis, the goddess of hunting.
		Leros (26°51’E, 39°9’N) is an island of 54 km
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	Hire yacht Greek islands,Leros,sailing
		An island of contrasts, rocky hills, arid regions and steep cliffs alternate with fertile valleys, mountain creeks and vineyards.
		The capital is built amphi-theatrically on a hillside and is crowned by a Franco-Byzantine fortress.
		You must anchor on the East side as the S and SW are military areas and anchoring is prohibited as well as photographs.
	www.fyly.gr /Map/Dodecanesse/LEROS/leros.html (341 words)

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		Lakki: It is the main harbour of Leros island and the biggest natural harbour in the Mediterranean Sea.
		Panteli has developed into the cosmopolitan center that it is today, with the yachts, which moor next to the little fishing boats, the restaurants and the night life at the discos, bars and pubs.
		Partheni: It is a small fishing village situated at the north part of Leros Island between a large, fruitful valley and the sea.
	www.web-greece.gr /leros.htm (945 words)

	Vacation in Leros, Hotels in Leros, Holidays in Leros, Leros island
		Leros island is one of the 12 main Dodecanese islands, located between Patmos and Kalymnos in the South east Part of the Aegean sea.
		Leros two main Ports are Lakki in the south west part of the island and Agia Marina in the middle.
		Of special significance during Byzantine times, its shape is that given by the Knights of St John, who arrived in Leros in the 14th century.
	www.vacation.gr /gr/dodecanessos-islands-hotels/leros.html (355 words)

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		Leros is a relatively small island, with scenic coves and crystal-clear sea.
		In 1959 the mental hospital of Leros was founded, whose original primitive conditions have been improved to such an extent that today it is considered a model for the reformation of psychiatric care in the whole of Greece.The calm island of Leros in Greece does not have a very intense and lively nightlife.
		However, a few clubs and bars are available in the harbour of Agia Marina (one of the three settlement forming the capital of the island) and in the touristy beach resort of Alinda.
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	virtual greece : leros greece : leros greek islands : greek island holiday : leros : map of leros : guide greek island
		There is a larger port leros Greece from where the commercial fishing vessels unload their catch and passenger ferries depart to other islands.The harbour and quayside is a busy part of the town with some excellent restaurants overlooking the hills rising up the other side leros Greece and in guide greek island.
		Leros is a small island, part of the Dodecanese group, situated in the south east of the Aegean Sea.
		Leros has a 46km coastline littered with small bays that are ideal for swimming, diving or fishing.
	www.virtualgreece.net /leros/leros.htm (663 words)

	Leros Greece travel and tourist information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Leros situated between Patmos Lipsi and Kalimnos in the Dodecanese islands.
		Leros like most of the Greek islands is an island of small fertile valleys sandwiched between rolling green hills, deep coves and pretty beaches Leros topography has given rise to many villages.
		Leros has an Airport at Partheni which connects daily the island with Athens the Capital city of Greece.
	www.leros.org.uk (569 words)

	Leros island Dodecannese Greece
		Leros has a very good infrastructure that makes easy to the visitor to go around the island by car or by scooter.
		Leros is the Green island of Dodecanese.Tamarisk, Eukalipt, Lemon Orange and Pine trees, gardens with roses and boucavilies making Leros a Paradise in the Aegean sea.
		The travel to Leros can be either from Athens by Airplane or Piraeus by ferry boat, on a daily basis.
	www.pellostravel.gr /islands/leros.htm (170 words)

	Leros Hotels and accommodation Leros Hotel guide
		Leros has been the latest years a target for alternative tourism.The small Green island of Leros located at the South east Aegean 190 naut.miles from Athens.Is one of the Greek islands that have not been spoiled from tourism like many other Greek islands.Leros is a paradise for divers and nature lovers.
		The most common way to find a Hotel or Apartment on Leros if you are on an island hoping is by the Local Hotel and apartment owners that you will meet as soon as you arrive at the Port of Agia Marina or the Port of Laki.
		Leros island has daily connections to and from Athens with ferries as well with the islands of the East Aegean like Astypalea Samos Patnos Lipsi Kalymnos Kos Rhodes Symi and Nisyros.There is daily flights to and from Athens airport.
	zervoscom.tripod.com (238 words)

	All Greece's Travel Guide - Hotel Krithonis Paradise 3 Star in Leros Krithoni ( Hotels in Greece ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The entire complex is outfitted with air-conditioning, telephones, a mini bar and music, as well as spacious balconies, an enchanting view of the sea and the hotel's lush green gardens.
		Retaining its genuine traditional color, Leros is today in a position to offer the highest level of tourist services to every visitor.
		With respect to the environment, the history and the tradition of Leros, the modern hotel complex Krithonis Paradise has been created to offer you hospitality and the comforts of unsurpassed excellence.
	www.travelguide.gr /greece/en/acc/ler/krithonisparadise.htm (231 words)

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