1. Its on something called a caldera, which was once an island, but one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history changed that into this crecent like shape with a spot in the middle like this:
One day, the volcano will blow again. The question is when.
2. The place is just beautiful! Not many things are prettier than a bunch of white buildings on the side of an island, right? Ok, so maybe there are many things, but that doesn't make it any less awesome, especially in this picture:
3. The history! That huge volcanic eruption I was talking about wiped out the Minoans. Archeologists have uncovered some of their town called Akrotiri. Who knows what else is buried on this island!
After the explosion, the Ancient Greeks came in. They called the island Thera and it stayed that way for awhile, until the Peloponnesian war where the Athenians took over the island, who soon lost it to the Spartans in the Battle of Aegospotami. Eventually, the Romans took over. Soon after that, the Franks settled the island, gained indepence from the Ottoman empire, and became a part of Greece.
I love me some history!
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