<< Our Photo Pages >> Akrotiri - Ancient Village or Settlement in Greece in Greek Islands
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Multi-periodSite Name: Akrotiri Alternative Name: Greek: ΑκρωτήριCountry: Greece
NOTE: This site is 0.139 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Greek Islands Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Santorini Nearest Village: Akrotiri
Latitude: 36.352000N Longitude: 25.402000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.75 Access: 4.5
The settlement was destroyed in the Theran eruption sometime in the 16th century BC [1] and buried in volcanic ash, which preserved the remains of fine frescoes and many objects and artworks. The settlement has been suggested as a possible inspiration for Plato's story of Atlantis. If true, then the Athenians must have inherited the story from non-Greek sources. Athens itself is too old to have been originally Greek, but the date of its Hellenization is uncertain. In any case the Atlantis speculation is only one of many. Akrotiri has been excavated since 1967. Source: Wikipedia
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