showing naturalistic landscapes of animals and humans of the same ancient Minoan style.
In Ancient times, Santorini Island was known as Stongili, which means “round” in Greek. |
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 The specialists believe that the explosion was so strong that it created gigantic waves that reached the shores of the surrounding islands and Crete.
After the explosion, the centre of Santorini sank, and the many earthquakes that followed destroyed a big part of the rest of the island.
In some ancient myths, the destruction of the island and the legend of Atlantis are linked.
According to history, Phoenicians settled on ancient Thera around 1300 |
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Thera, because of its central position in the Aegean, became an important trade centre and a important naval base, due to its strategically perfect position.
Between 1200 AC and 1579 AC, the island was under Byzantine and Venetian reign, and from 1579 to1821 AC fell under the Turkish occupation until the Greek Revolution and indepence. |
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