Santorini
Santorini, or Thira, is the island in the Aegean Sea that draws its dramatic shape from fire and collapse: the broad bay in front of you is the flooded Santorini caldera, the remnant of a volcano. The island’s cliffs rise from that ancient crater rim, which is why the land feels cut open rather than simply built up from the sea. In the Bronze Age, this volcanic landscape was tied to the eruption that reshaped the island and left a deep mark on Aegean history, with the eruption usually placed around the 16th century BCE. Today, Santorini is one of Greece’s best-known islands, but its most defining feature is still geological rather than architectural. Even the name Thira keeps the island tied to its Greek identity, while “Santorini” reflects the long Venetian and later European naming tradition. …
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