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The History of Santorini By Tania, Vasw and Stavros Santorini is one of the most spectacular islands in the Aegean Sea.Its sea is enclosed and surrounded by volcanic cliffs that are either red, brown or greenish a string of white villages pops up. The landscape seem fierce and unprecedented with the churches and the traditional white washed Cycladic houshes, built on valcanic ad steep cliffs, Sandorini Greece’s last active volcano, which still smolders today, is located here. Layer upon layer of red volcanic rocks, interspersed with white residences and specks of greenery, form an extraordinary and unique illustration. The entire center of the c i r c u l a r island sunk into the sea , during a tremendous volcanic explosion, 3500 year ago. The eruption coused tidal waves, which out the advanced Minoan civilizasion of Crete 70 miles to the south. Some scholars believe that the island is part of the legendary lost continent of Atlatics which allegendly s l i p p e d underwater, during the d i s a s t e r. What remains today a crescent-Shaped island enclosing a vast day , the largest Caldera on earth, consisting of the islets of Thirasia, Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Aspronisi and Christiana complex, which consists of the rocky islets of Christiani, Askania and Eshati. From the top of the cliffs , where the villages are built, someone can discern the green outer slopes of the mountain and the sea that haw filled the sunken crater of the volcano. On Santorini there is hardly any vegetation apart from vines. However, this island has an eerie charm and is rightly called the “black pearl of the flegean” Santorini has a remarkable history that has shaped not only the island but its people a history that is evident on the island even to the present day.Santorini, occording to Greek mythology was created from a clod given to the Argonauts by the sea god Triton, son of Posidon and Amphitrite. The island primarily was called “ Strongyli (i.e. round), due to its circular shape . All though , there is not enough data on when was exactly inhabited – before 2000 B.C were the Phoenicians and later on the Dorians. As time goes by, more and more people are discovering Santorini