Santorini Island

Santorini is one of the southernmost islands of the Cyclades group, along with the small island of Anafi. Santorini is particularly famous for its volcano, the largest eruption of which occurred about 3,550 years ago, destroying the island and causing a tsunami that destroyed the Minoan civilization in Crete. Before this eruption, the island was […]

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Santorini History

Santorini History Santorini was formed by a series of volcanic eruptions that affected the whole Aegean Sea and all the way to Crete. Originally, the island was named Kallisti (the beautiful one) and Strongyli ( the round one). Many people inhabited the island, starting from the Pre-Hellenes, then the Phoenicians and Dorians, who named the […]

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Santorini Volcano

Santorini Volcano Santorini is a volcanic island group at the central south end of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea. As a popular tourist destination in Greece, it is renowned for its spectacular sea-filled volcanic caldera surrounded by steep colorful cliffs, the beauty of its villages and fields. The island group of Santorini is the […]

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