North Evia: Limni

Limni (Greek: Λίμνη meaning "lake") is a town and a community in the northwestern part of the island of Euboea, Greece.
The north part of Evia Island is one of the most beautiful places of Greece; that is why in Limni, North Evia Zeus choses to consummate his marriage to Hera for the first time. Zeus and Hera had a passionate marriage that often had them fighting over jealousies and Zeus’ infidelities. They would spend time apart during these periods, Zeus would go to Kinaio Mountain near Lichada and Hera would go to Mount Dirfy in Central Evia, before they would come back together and make up. The thermal waters of Edipsos where famous from the ancient times. It is said that Hercules would bathe, in order to regain strength after each feat.
Limni was the home of the independence fighter Angelis Govios and the film director and screenwriter Nikos Tsiforos. In 1959 the English writer Philip Sherrard bought part of disused magnesite mine near Limni, planted trees and plants where the former mine installations had been, and restored the abandoned homes of the former directors who had lived there before the Second World War. From 1977 until his death in 1995 it was his permanent home.