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santorini isaland, fira, thera, oia, strogilli, thirasia, volcano, caldera, volcanic eruption, arhitecture, greece, hellas, islands, cyclades, greek islands, pituresque island, sunset

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Santorini Island or Thera, is one of the most picturesque islands of Greece, the rim of a gigantic sunken volcano. Half of island was sunken after a volcanic eruption in 1450BC which destroyed the island's civilization. Fira, the island's capital, sits on the very rim of the crater nearly 300 meters above the sea with a spectacular view to the sea.
Views from the western coast are spectaculars and sunsets are sensational. Island's architecture is unique with many of 'barrel-roofed' cave houses. The South East coast is covered by black sand beaches which become very hot in the sun.
Many reasons made this island famous worldwide and more or less we all have seen a picture of it (it was that picture the travel agency used for Greece). There is a talk about the connection between Thira and mythical Atlantis. Also Jules Verne made Santorini famous with its books "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "The mysterious island" where captain Nemo and his crew watch the volcano eruption. He was one of the visitors and scientists that came to Thira during the eruptions of 1866 - 1870 and wrote the well known book just after it. It is really the mysterious island, the volcano rules, the caldera view is the most breathtaking one on the planet!