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The Akrotiri excavation site is of a Cycladic cultural settlement on the Greek island of Santorini, associated with the Minoan civilization due to inscriptions in Linear A, and close similarities in artifact and fresco styles. [4] The excavation is named for a modern village situated on a hill nearby. The name of the site in antiquity is ...
The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera (also called Santorini) circa 1600 BCE. [2] [3] It destroyed the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri, as well as communities and agricultural areas on nearby islands and the coast of Crete with subsequent earthquakes and paleotsunamis. [4]
The Museum of Prehistoric Thera (Greek: Μουσείο Προϊστορικής Θήρας) is located in Fira, on the island of Santorini in Greece. It was built on the site of the old Ypapanti Church which was destroyed in the 1956 Amorgos earthquake. The Museum houses a very large number of ancient artifacts from various excavations on ...
But for many of Santorini's 20,000 permanent residents, the once idyllic island of quaint villages and pristine beaches has been ruined by mass tourism. Greece's Santorini bursts with tourists as ...
Santorini caldera is a large, mostly submerged caldera, located in the southern Aegean Sea, 120 kilometers north of Crete in Greece. Visible above water is the circular Santorini island group, consisting of Santorini (classic Greek Thera ), the main island, Therasia and Aspronisi at the periphery, and the Kameni islands at the center.
Perivolas: Santorini, Greece Located in the northern town of Oia, this hotel is carved into the cliffs of Santorini. The gleaming white villas overlook the caldera, where a fantastic sunset can be ...
History. Skaros Rock is a large rock promontory on the Aegean island of Santorini. The formation was created through the volcanic activity (likely in an eruption dated to 68,000 B.C) [1] of the nearby Santorini caldera, and has since been further shaped by erosion and earthquakes. [2] In a nautical context, the formation is referred to as Cape ...
36°21′30″N 25°23′50″E / 36.3582°N 25.3972°E / 36.3582; 25.3972. Type. Castle. History. Cultures. Venetian. The Castle of Akrotiri, also known as Castle Akrotiri, Goulas or La Ponta, is a former Venetian castle on the Greek island of Santorini. The now-ruined castle lies at the center of the village of Akrotiri.