Vrisa Explained

Vrisa
Name Local:Βρίσα
Type:community
Caption Skyline:Aerial view of Vrisa village in summer 1998
Coordinates:39.0333°N 38°W
Periph:North Aegean
Periphunit:Lesbos
Municipality:West Lesbos
Municunit:Polichnitos
Population As Of:2021
Population:660

Vrisa is a village in the southern part of Lesbos island approximately 50 km from Mytilene. The village is named after one of the two girls Agamemnon took from Lesbos during the ten-year Trojan War. Five kilometers south is the famous Vatera beach.On June 12, 2017 Vrisa was severely damaged in an earthquake that struck approximately 12 km South of the town of Plomari. Most people could not return to their homes, rendering the village effectively a "ghost village".

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