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<< Our Photo Pages >> Archaea Thera - Ancient Village or Settlement in Greece in Greek Islands

Submitted by Klingon on Monday, 06 June 2005  Page Views: 8860

Multi-periodSite Name: Archaea Thera Alternative Name: Αρχαια Φήρα
Country: Greece
NOTE: This site is 38.038 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Greek Islands Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Santorini  Nearest Village: Pyrgos
Latitude: 36.363889N  Longitude: 25.478056E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Fifth_Sun visited on 24th Jun 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Site appears to be pre-flood with large nicely fit stones, polygonal masonry, and megalithic quarrying. Then was inhabited after by the Ancient Greeks that built with rough cut stone and field stone held together with mortar.

Klingon visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3

Kuba visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.67 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 3.67

Archaea Thera
Archaea Thera submitted by Klingon : (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Thira

Capital of the island of Thira (Santorini) from Doric (900 BCE) to Roman Times.
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Archaea Thera
Archaea Thera submitted by Klingon (Vote or comment on this photo)

Archaea Thera
Archaea Thera submitted by Klingon (Vote or comment on this photo)

Archaea Thera
Archaea Thera submitted by davidmorgan : Some nice rock carvings. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Archaea Thera
Archaea Thera submitted by Klingon : (Vote or comment on this photo)

Archaea Thera
Archaea Thera submitted by Klingon : supermarket

Archaea Thera
Archaea Thera submitted by Fifth_Sun : Unknown quarrying technique similarity found around the globe

Archaea Thera
Archaea Thera submitted by Fifth_Sun : Polygonal wall built with large stone

Archaea Thera
Archaea Thera submitted by Fifth_Sun : Large stone wall perfectly fitted off the side of the site, looking out down the mountain (Facing town of Kamari and airport)

Archaea Thera
Archaea Thera submitted by Klingon :

Archaea Thera
Archaea Thera submitted by Klingon

Archaea Thera
Archaea Thera submitted by Klingon

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