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    Santorini - Wikipedia

    • Santorini , officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα, romanized: Thíra, pronounced [ˈθira]) or Thera, is a Greek island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from the mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago formed by the Santorini caldera. It is the southernmost member of the Cyclades group of islands, with an area of approximately 73 km (28 sq mi) …

    CountryGreece
    Administrative regionSouth Aegean
    Regional unitThira
    Area code(s)22860
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    Names

    Santorini was named by the Latin Empire in the thirteenth century, and is a reference to Saint Irene, from the name of the old church in the village of Perissa – the name Santorini is a contraction of the name Santa Irini. Befor… See more

    History

    The island was the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history: the Minoan eruption, sometimes called the Thera eruption, which occurred about 3,600 years ago at the height of the Minoan civilization. … See more

    Geography

    The Cyclades are part of a metamorphic complex that is known as the Cycladic Massif. The complex formed during the Miocene and was folded and metamorphosed during the Alpine orogeny around 60 … See more

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