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2. Akrotiri (prehistoric city) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Castle of Akrotiri - Wikipedia

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   Coordinates. 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.

4. Akrotiri, Santorini - Wikipedia

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   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). Akrotiri is part of the Thira region ...

5. Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Wikipedia

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   Map of Akrotiri, Western Sovereign Base Area, BFPO 57 Map of Dhekelia, Eastern Sovereign Base Area, BFPOs 58 & 59. Akrotiri and Dhekelia cover 3% of the land area of Cyprus, a total of 254 km 2 (98 sq mi) (split 123 km 2 (47 sq mi) (48.5%) at Akrotiri and 131 km 2 (51 sq mi) (51.5%) at Dhekelia). Akrotiri and Dhekelia have a border of 48 km and ...

6. Akrotiri (village) - Wikipedia

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   Akrotiri (village) /  34.60083°N 32.95500°E  / 34.60083; 32.95500. Akrotiri ( Greek: Ακρωτήρι, literally Cape, Turkish: Ağrotur) is a village within the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which forms part of the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. It is the only village in the Western SBA with a significant non ...

7. Minoan eruption - Wikipedia

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   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]

8. Location hypotheses of Atlantis - Wikipedia

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   Satellite image of the Island of Thera, also called Santorini. Clockwise from center: Nea Kameni; Palea Kameni; Aspronisi; Therasia; Thera The story of Atlantis has been argued to preserve a cultural memory of the Thera eruption, which destroyed the town of Akrotiri and affected some Minoan settlements on Crete. [3]

9. Akrotiri Peninsula (Cyprus) - Wikipedia

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   Akrotiri Peninsula (Cyprus) Coordinates: 34.61°N 32.97°E. Akrotiri Peninsula is located on the southern coast of Cyprus, near the city of Limassol. Satellite image of the Akrotiri Peninsula. The Akrotiri Peninsula is a short peninsula which includes the southernmost point of the island of Cyprus. It is bounded by Episkopi Bay to the west and ...