Tag: map of santorini villages
The islanders who did not have access to sanctuary in the castles or goulacles during enemy raids used to hide in the caves which abound on the island. There …
The mural of The Papyrus from ivuiii I in the House of the Women. covered three of the four walls in the room. It portrays a rocky landscape with …
Pyrgos Pyrgos, at the foot of Mt Profitis Ilias, is an example of a settlement that was fortified in the Middle Ages; it is the only village in Santorini …
The most important, thanks largely to its position, was at Skaros, which was called simply The Castle’. ‘Kastro in Greek. Its 200 houses were perched on the summit of …
PAINTING The art that was most highly developed at prehistoric Akrotiri was painting. This is immediately evident in the many marvellous frescos that have been discovered so far. These …