A unique destination One of the five best tourist attractions in the world by Helen Mouzaki

Bend if you can to the dark sea forgettingdark the flute’s sound on naked feet that trod your sleep in the other, the sunken life.sunken Write if you can on your last shellshell the day the place the name and fling it into the sea so that it sinks…sinks SANTORINI by Georgios Seferis

LOCATION & NAME ORIGIN Location : Southern Aegean Sea Cyclades islands Name Origin: “Santorini” “Kalliste” “Thera” after the cathedral of Saint Irine on the island which means Beautiful after the leader of the Lakedemonians

Bend if you can to the dark sea forgettingdark the flute’s sound on naked feet that trod your sleep in the other, the sunken life.sunken Write if you can on your last shellshell the day the place the name and fling it into the sea so that it sinks…sinks SANTORINI by Georgios Seferis

CALDERA The volcano of Santorini The major eruption of the volcano took place during the Late Bronze era ( BC) It caused the unique shape of the island Other name: Stroggili ( which in Greek means Round), because she used to have a round shape

Results of this eruption constitute: the extinction of the Minoan civilization in Crete the disappearance of the mythical Atlantis (island where wealthy citizens admired by society lived) according to Solon (Santorinian houses & Caldera)

Nowadays: The volcano is still active In 1950 two small islands (Old & New Kameni) immersed because of an eruption It represents a central tourist destination (the edges of the volcano)

Bend if you can to the dark sea forgettingdark the flute’s sound on naked feet that trod your sleep in the other, the sunken life.sunken Write if you can on your last shellshell the day the place the name and fling it into the sea so that it sinks…sinks SANTORINI by Georgios Seferis

AKROTIRI Central tourist attraction & archeological site It was first inhabited during the Late Neolithic times (4000 BC) It constitutes a major import & export center of the island (the archeological site of Akrotiri)

All of its public facilities were elaborate, sophisticated & advanced It was abandoned by its citizens because of severe earthquakes and the volcanic eruption (famous painting found in Akrotiri which pictures a fisherman) (mural in Akrotiri which pictures the spring)

HISTORY Conquered by: the Phoenicians, the Lakedemonians, the Romans, the Turks Later history: industrialization of transportation major earthquake in 1956 huge economic deterioration tourism develops into the main source of income

Bend if you can to the dark sea forgettingdark the flute’s sound on naked feet that trod your sleep in the other, the sunken life.sunken Write if you can on your last shellshell the day the place the name and fling it into the sea so that it sinks…sinks SANTORINI by Georgios Seferis

ARCHITECTURE simple houses narrow buildings with arches painted with white, ochre & light red colors excavated from the soft volcanic rock (traditional santorinian houses)

PRODUCTION aided by the fertile ground wine grapes (which are called assirtika) tomatoes fava (a kind of pea) cheese (which is named hloro) The dry climate, though, makes the quantity of the production small (vineyard in the island) (scarecrows in tomato fields in Santorini)

CABLE CAR transports mainly tourists from the Fira port to the capital (Fira) & to the volcano (Caldera) Mules, though, represent the traditional way of transportation on the island (cable car & the Fira port) (mule in Santorini)

Bend if you can to the dark sea forgettingdark the flute’s sound on naked feet that trod your sleep in the other, the sunken life.sunken Write if you can on your last shellshell the day the place the name and fling it into the sea so that it sinks…sinks SANTORINI by Georgios Seferis

SUNSET it represents a unique & unforgettable experience for every tourist that savors it It inspires photographers & always gets applauded by the audience (the sunset)

BIBLIOGRAPHY (poem) (location) (caldera) (caldera) (akrotiri) (historical events) (architecture & production) (cable car) (sunset) The National Geographic Traveler ΕΛΛΑΔΑ 2002 Published by: National Geographic Society Παραδοσιακοί Οικισμοί 2003 Published by: Explorer Pictures: from my personal collection (map of greece/ slide 3) (shape of island/ slide 5) (Akrotiri/ slide 9) (fisherman/ slide 10) (spring/ slide 10) (vineyard/ slide 14) (tomatoes/ slide 14) http: // (cable car/ slide 15) (mule / slide 15) Video: Manos Xatzidakis - Gioconda's Smile HD 1080p (Santorini - Orchestra of Colours)

And now….. a video that represented Greece all over the world in the millennium and was filmed in Santorini !