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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 …
THE ARTS The earliest art form found in Ancient Thera is pottery from the Geometric period. Thanks to the burial customs just described, many works of pottery have survived …
The composition with the Crocus Gatherers from Xeste 3- This impressive fresco was spread across a number of walls in rooms on the ground floor and upper storey of …
Dionysus, where we climb up a broad stairway located on the side of the Agora. The temple dates from the Hellenistic period and consists of an antechamber and the …
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 …