In this paper, a similar descriptive model is used to trace and understand the changes that have occurred in the Lesvos
agricultural landscape. Land use changes and landscape elements are considered – such as terraces, fences and
farming infrastructure – in the last three centuries. Emphasis is given to these centuries, as they witnessed Lesvos becoming
an important industrial and commercial centre and then its economic and population decline and this change affected the
landscape greatly. This description demonstrates the case of Lesvos is typical of many Mediterranean cases and helps to
understand better agricultural landscape dynamics in the area