{"id":40067,"date":"2021-11-29T14:13:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T12:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/santorini\/"},"modified":"2021-11-29T14:13:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T12:13:10","slug":"santorini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/santorini\/","title":{"rendered":"Santor\u00edni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Athini\u00f3s harbour, Santor\u00edni, from NW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Santor\u00edni in the ancient years was called Strogg\u00fdli<\/strong> (= round), because of its circular shape it had before the eruption of the volcano. The Phoenicians called the island Kall\u00edsti<\/strong> (= beautiful), probably due to its attractive landscapes, whereas in the 12th century BC it was named Th\u00edra<\/strong>, in honour of the hero Th\u00edra who came to the island with Spartan colonists. Much later, in the 12th century AD, the island took its final name Santor\u00edni<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

The island is connected with the myth of the lost Atl\u00e1ntis<\/strong>, the rich civilization which sunk under the sea. In actuality, around 1650 BC, the volcano in the middle of the island exploded with tremendous force. It is estimated that the tidal wave created from the explosion reached a height of 250m and a speed of 300 km \/ h. This eruption, together with the earthquakes and the tidal waves that followed, is thought to be the reason behind the destruction of the Minoan and the Egyptian civilisations.<\/p>\n\n

Santor\u00edni is inhabited since the Bronze Age (4th \u2013 3rd millennium BC) <\/strong>and this first civilization is thought to have peaked around 1800 BC., according to many findings from the area of Akrot\u00edri. Further to the eruption of the volcano and the great earthquake (17th century BC), the island was abandoned for about 300 years.<\/p>\n\n

During the 14th century BC<\/strong>, Myceneans colonized the island and stayed up until 1000 BC. Next, Dorians came and built towns without walls (at the time, all cities had walls around for protection against attacks \u2013 except Sp\u00e1rti). In the 5th century BC, Santor\u00edni came under the Persian rule, then became a member of the Athenian Hegemony and during the Peloponnesian War (431 \u2013 404 BC), fought on the side of the Spartans.<\/p>\n\n

In the Byzantine years<\/strong>, the island was part of the Aegean military prefecture (Th\u00e9ma). In the 12th century AD, it was conquered by Franks who named the island \u00abSanta Irene\u00bb, a name which over the years turned to today\u2019s name of Santor\u00edni. The Venetians came to the island for 1,5 centuries, and built castles and churches. In 1579, the Ottomans conquered Santor\u00edni.<\/p>\n\n

The island raised the Hellenic flag after the Wars of Independence in 1832.<\/p>\n\n

Akrot\u00edri:<\/strong> The centre of a great civilization that reached its peak in the years before the great eruption of the volcano. Its museum has many findings from that time and is considered one of the most important in Greece.<\/p>\n\n

Ancient Th\u00edra: <\/strong>An ancient city and an archeological site, with settlements of ancient civilizations. Due to the natural fortress of the place, the Spartans first and the Ptolemies (Egyptians) later, built important settlements, findings of which we will see today in the archaeological museum.<\/p>\n\n

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View of O\u00eda settlement, Santor\u00edni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

O\u00eda: <\/strong>The village flourished at the end of the 19th century. It was the naval state of the island, with 130 ships. Visit the Venetian castle at the NW end of the island and the Naval Museum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santor\u00edni in the ancient years was called Strogg\u00fdli (= round), because of its circular shape it had before the eruption of the volcano. The Phoenicians called the island Kall\u00edsti (= beautiful), probably due to its attractive landscapes, whereas in the 12th century BC it was named Th\u00edra, in honour of the hero Th\u00edra who came…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[656],"tags":[452,807,808],"class_list":["post-40067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-isl-santorini-isl-anafi","tag-history","tag-santorini","tag-thira","category-656","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40068,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40067\/revisions\/40068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}