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The earliest excavations on the island of Santorini were conducted by French geologist F. Fouque in 1867 after some local people found old artifacts at a quarry. Later, in 1895–1900, the digs by German archeologist Baron Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen revealed the ruins of ancient Thera on Mesa Vouno, which date from the archaic period ...
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.
A view of the mountaintop ruins of Ancient Thera from Mt. Elias. The theater is built into the slope below the city. Ancient Thera (Greek: Αρχαία Θήρα) is the name of an archaeological site [1] from classical antiquity [2] on the island of Santorini, which sits on the top of a limestone hill called Mesa Vouno.
Akrotiri (Greek: Ακρωτήρι) is a village and a community on the island of Santorini in Greece. [2] It is located 15 kilometers south of the capital Fira, built on the slopes of a hill offering staggering views of the caldera cliffs. On top of this hill, there are remains of a Venetian castle (Goulas).
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 monumental art of wall-painting is represented in great detail. The island's complex network of contacts with the outside world is also explained. The Museum illustrates the Neolithic pottery found on the island, and Early Cycladic marble figurines and pottery. Ceramic pitcher with swallows from Akrotiri, 1700 BC. Museum of Prehistoric Thera
Eager to fortify the island, the Venetians constructed a number of fortresses and watchtowers at key points around the island. [1] Near the small hillside village of Akrotiri, Venetians engineers constructed a new castle on top of an existing Byzantine watchtower; this castle became one of the most defensible positions on the island. [ 2 ]
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 ...