MUNICIPALITY of POLICHNITOS
Lisvori

The village is full of liveliness. Villagers cultivate their land. Aniseed, an aromatic herb, the seeds of which are used in the distilling of ouzo, is still produced here. Lisvori was built in the 11th or 12th century A.D. Its first name was LESVORION,  as Stavrakis Anagnostou writes it in the book «Lesvias», and it comes from the words Lesvos and Orion (=border) meaning that in this area were the borders of Lesvos’ fields.

Copying the proceedings of Lisvorion local council in 1963 we quote the record of antiquities of the area:
@  In the northern site of the village at “Kroutir” beach there are extensive ruins of a prehistoric settlement of 2000 B.C, which are contemporary to the 5th city of Troja. 
@  There are also ruins of sunken port diggings.
@  Shells testifying the flourishing of the Mycenaean civilization on Lesvos were found in the area too.
@  The ruins of a tower from the age of the royal family of Palaiologos were discovered nearby (late Byzantine period.) 
@  The monogram of king Manuel Palaiologos is fixed on the wall of a neighboring chapel.
@  Coins and a lead seal of the Pope of Rome Eugene D’ were found in Skamnioudi. 
@  Near there are the ruins of a Byzantine fortress.
@  It is referred that modern Lisvory lies above the ancient city of LESVOS, which gave its name to the whole island of Lesvos.

The historical importance of the area of Lisvory is additionally shown in the toponyms of the sites “Temenos” and “Temenitis”. There have been found substructures of ancient buildings and pieces of vessels. In Lisvory are still preserved some of the most ancient olive trees on the island.