Corridor: Western Trans-Balkan Road, Via Anatolia
Country: Greece, Mandamados, Lesbos

A remarkable cultural happening that we should mention is the Lesbian Exhibition of Ceramics. This exhibition that has become an institution, takes place every year, since 1996, at the permanent exhibition hall, available at the cultural centre of Mandamados, called ‘’I Michani t'Agiou’’ (meaning The Saint' s Engine). It is a cultural event supported by the Prefecture of Lesbos, the Ministry of Aegean and the Ministry of Culture, the Foundation of the family G. Psaropoulos ("Study Centre of Latest Ceramics") and by the efforts of the community' s former vice-president and present Mayor. This exhibition lasts during all the month of August. The visitor has the possibility not only to admire various pottery products, the products that are made according to the rules of the early pottery era, but also to learn a lot of things on the history and the development of this art throughout the centuries. Ceramists from all over the county of Lesbos participate to this exhibition. We should not forget that pottery and olive oil production have been following a common path throughout the centuries. The visitor has the possibility to admire their common history at the yard of the cultural centre, where the Cheese Festival takes also place, during the first ten days of August.