Akrotiri Santorini

After Delos, Akrotiri is the most important archaeological site of the Aegean Sea because it found a city at the forefront of the era in which it was built.

Akrotiri is located south west of the island in ancient times was a port city (Bronze Age period) which was destroyed and buried with the eruption of 1628 BC The ruins of Akrotiri were discovered in 1860 during the extraction of the volcanic rocks for the construction of the Suez Canal but excavations were resumed in 1967 by the archaeologist Spyridon Marinatos who decided to start the research in a precise point based on a map traced by a scholar in 1874 and the rumors of the inhabitants of the place mostly farmers who came across the remains during the plowing.

It is assumed that the surface of the city is 200.000 square meters but to date only five percent has come to light. From the excavations, about forty buildings have been found, some of which from earlier periods probably reconstructed on the foundations of those before. The buildings do not have precise standards, the dormitory area was on the upper floor and the windows were larger. The ground floor it is assumed instead that the finds of large jars used to contain food served as shops considered.

A real dive into the past, lose half a day to visit it will certainly be worth it.

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