Akrotiri (Greek: Ακρωτήρι) is a village and a community on the island of Santorini in Greece. It is located 15 kilometers south of the capital Fira, built...
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Akrotiri (Greek: Ακρωτήρι, pronounced Greek: [akroˈtiri]) is the site of a Cycladic Bronze Age settlement on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini (Thera)...
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years ago with the extrusion of dacitic lavas from vents around Akrotiri. Santorini was named by the Latin Empire in the thirteenth century, and is a...
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of Akrotiri, a former Venetian castle in the Santorini village above Akrotiri Salt Lake, a popular wintering place for flamingos in the Akrotiri Peninsula...
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The Castle of Akrotiri, also known as Castle Akrotiri, Goulas or La Ponta, is a former Venetian castle on the Greek island of Santorini. The now-ruined...
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pulverized volcanic rock from the nearby Santorini caldera. Red Beach can be accessed from nearby Akrotiri. The area is prone to landslides, and since...
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Minoan eruption (redirect from Santorini eruption)
the Aegean island of Thera (also called Santorini) circa 1600 BCE. It destroyed the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri, as well as communities and agricultural...
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Akrotiri Lighthouse is a 19th-century lighthouse on the Greek island of Santorini. The lighthouse was built by a French company in 1892, making the lighthouse...
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discovered by Spyridon Marinatos at the excavations of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini (or Thera). They are regarded as part of Minoan art, although...
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records of the beetle as a pest are known from the Bronze Age of Akrotiri, Santorini, Greece around 1500 BC where it was found associated with stored...
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