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Olives in Lesvos

The island of Lesvos has a rich history in Olive Oil production. Our Estate is being showcased also on the Olives in Lesvos Book.

Invitation to the 7 August 2021 launch of the books Lesvos Island and The Olive on Lesvos, with both covers
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A wonderful event on the grounds of the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest, showcasing two new books about the History of Lesvos and Olives in Lesvos.

Sigri Olive Mill is proud to be part of the Olive Oil production on the island of Lesvos. Our values of Sustainability and Biodiversity are reflected in everything that we do. The island of Lesvos has a rich history in Olive Oil production. Our Estate is being showcased also on the Olives in Lesvos Book.

You can watch the whole event here.

You can find these two new books In Athens and Thessaloniki at IANOS Bookstores and online at IANOS. The books are also available at the Natural History Museum of the Lesvos and in Sigri Olive Mill. Also in selective bookshops on the island of Lesvos:

Hadjidaniil Bookstore (Mytilene)

Book and Art Bookstore (Mytilene)

Music and paper house Bookstore (Kalloni)

To Rodi Bookstore (Petra)

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Photos from the Event:

Three speakers at microphones before a projected map of Lesvos, the audience on the amphitheatre steps at night
Speakers and musicians in front of a screen showing a branch of ripe olives, the audience on lit steps
Two speakers and musicians under blue stage light beside a large projection of a budding olive branch
Harvest nets spread under olive trees on the big screen, with speakers and a guitarist on the open-air stage
The cover of The Olive on Lesvos on screen behind speakers at microphones, the audience on lit stone steps
An olive harvest by a small white chapel above the sea, projected behind speakers and musicians at the book launch
Pickers with green harvest nets in olive groves above a bay, on screen behind speakers and musicians
Terraced olive groves on a hillside, projected behind two speakers seated at microphones under blue light
Clusters of olive flower buds on the big screen behind seated speakers and musicians
Aerial view of an olive grove on a seaside headland, projected behind two speakers at microphones
Two people hauling green harvest nets through an olive grove, projected behind speakers and a guitarist
Audience in the Petrified Forest museum's open-air amphitheatre at dusk, facing speakers and a screen with both book covers
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An olive-covered hill mirrored in still water on the screen, beside two speakers and musicians on stage
A singer and a guitarist perform behind the seated speakers, next to a screen showing an olive sprig
Olive trees over a meadow of red poppies and yellow wildflowers, projected behind two seated speakers
A picker with a long harvesting pole walks over green nets in an olive grove, projected behind seated speakers
Hands with a wicker basket over a heap of freshly picked olives, projected behind seated speakers and a guitarist
Speakers present the two new books to an audience in an open-air theatre at night, the covers projected behind them
A close-up of dark harvested olives among leaves fills the screen beside two seated speakers and musicians
A singer and guitarist perform for an audience seated on stone steps, a low sun over the sea on screen
Speakers seated before a screen showing hillside olive groves mirrored in still water
Speakers and a guitarist beside a screen showing a young shoot growing from an old olive trunk
Three speakers at microphones, musicians behind them, beside a screen showing a seaside castle and red-roofed village
Musicians and speakers on stage beside a screen filled with a heap of green and purple olives
Two men gathering olives from harvest nets in a grove, projected on screen beside the speakers and a guitarist
Old olive trees below a rocky peak fill the screen as the speakers and musicians sit on stage
A speaker reads beside the projected covers of the two new books, Lesvos Island and Olives in Lesvos
A grey heron in flight on the screen, with the audience on the stone steps and speakers on stage
The audience on stone steps at the museum faces three speakers and the projected Olives in Lesvos book cover
Ripe olives on a branch fill the screen behind the speakers and musicians