Holidays in Santorini

Strongyli, Kallisti, Thira and Santorini. These are the names that were given to her from time to time. The first due to the shape of the island, which now has the shape of a crescent moon after the volcanic eruption of 1613 BC. Its second name refers to the natural beauty of the place and comes from the inscriptions of Plato. Thira was the emperor of the Lacedaemonians who colonized the island. So since then the island is recognized by its name. Finally, Santa Irina was the church of Agia Irini. The Frankish Crusaders prayed there and over the years it was given the name Santorini.

About eleven centuries before the Golden Age of Pericles. It is said that the inhabitants of Santorini lived in modern settlements with developed architecture and infrastructure projects. This is the Settlement of Akrotiri. The construction of houses for houses had reached up to three floors. The buildings that would exploit the two floors as shops. There were squares with marble decoration and cobbled streets. Finally, the sewer system had enormous similarities with today. It is a fact that its branches until its end were a scientific achievement at that time.

Beyond the name, Plato connected Santorini with that of the Lost Atlantis. The great cultural development of the island in the middle of the second millennium BC. and the characteristics of a highly developed continent given to Atlantis, led scientists to believe their connection. Well-known volcanologists who have dealt with this issue have argued that the only geological phenomenon that can “sink parts of the earth in one day,” as Plato describes it, is that of the sinking of a caldera.

Also of great interest is the fact that, with the exception of tourism, people’s occupations have been almost the same for so many hundreds of years. The inhabitants live next to an active volcano and even exploit it. The volcanic lava that covered the whole island, made the ground suitable. Thus, agriculture, animal husbandry and the cultivation of the vine flourished. In fact, on the provincial road of ancient Thira there is a wine museum with excellent options and quality. The local wine is called Visanto. Its fame was multiplied by the exports to Russia that due to the common religion were requested by the Russian church for the process of the Divine Liturgy.