Santorini is an island located in the southern Aegean Sea and is the largest of the self-titled archipelago. olvos luxury suites The archipelago of Santorini consists of what remained after the eruption of what once was Strongyle, a circular volcanic cone which had been inhabited as early as six thousand B.C. Findings of said inhabitance has been found at a mining site at Fira, and at excavation sites at Therasia, Akrotiri and Megalochori. The discoveries at Akrotiri hold the most significance of all, because of the number of murals uncovered, which give an idea of how life was before the eruption and the subsequent collapse. The location of the volcanic cone, it was seemingly located at Fira, as indicated by the layers of pumice found there.
Fira is the capital of Santorini and is located on the edge of the island’s caldera. The city houses two museums which focus on the island’s history, and house objects originating from 3300 B.C. up until the Greek classical ages.
Therasia is the second inhabited island of the archipelago, and is located to the west of the Santorini, and was split from Strongyle as a result of the eruption.
The findings mentioned above were discovered in 1886 while mining operations were taking place on the island, during which clay pots, a human skeleton and ruins of an ancient building were discovered. The mine’s owners took it upon themselves to uncover the building and articles were soon released, mentioning the discovery.
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