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Santorini’s most in-demand hotels are found along the crater, with their most expensive rooms dug into the cliffs. From caverns to luxurious suites and beach hotels elsewhere on the island, this ...
By the time of the Venetian Republic's takeover of Santorini in 1336, the settlement consisted of over 200 homes and had several hundred inhabitants. [2] As Skaros was the largest settlement on the island, the fortress became the de facto capitol of Venetian Santorini. [2] [4] Skaros as seen in a sketch by Thomas Hope dating to the 1790s
Santorini island. Oia is a scenic village on the north west edge of the Santorini island within the Cyclades. [12] It extends for almost two kilometres (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 mi) along the northern edge of the caldera that forms the island of Santorini, at a height of between 70 and 100 metres (230 and 330 ft) above sea level. Immediately to the east is ...
Clockwise from top: Partial panoramic view of Santorini, sunset in the village of Oia, ruins of the Stoa Basilica at Ancient Thera, the Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral of Ypapanti (it) Cattedrale della Presentazione di Cristo (Fira) at the town of Fira, the Aegean Sea as seen from Oia, and view of Fira from the island of Nea Kameni at the Santorini caldera.
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.
In archaeology, cliff dwellings are dwellings formed by using niches or caves in high cliffs, and sometimes with excavation or additions in the way of masonry. Two special types of cliff dwelling are distinguished by archaeologists: the cliff-house , which is actually built on levels in the cliff, and the cavate , which is dug out, by using ...
View of Fira from the sea. Firá (Greek: Φηρά, pronounced , official name Φηρά - Thira) is the modern capital of the Greek Aegean island of Santorini (Thera). [2] A traditional settlement, [3] "Firá" derives its name from an alternative pronunciation of "Thíra", the ancient name of the island itself.
Therasia, also known as Thirasía (Greek: Θηρασία), is an island in the volcanic island group of Santorini in the Greek Cyclades.It lies north-west of Nea Kameni, a small island formed in recent centuries by volcanic activity and thus marking the centre of the island group.
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