Santorini: The art of survival
This is by far one of my favourite places not just in the Mediterranean, but in the world itself.
The history of Santorini is one of the most beautiful stories for the eternal struggle of man and nature.
In Ancient times, Santorini Island was known as Strongili, which means round in Greek. Strongili was the victim of an enormous volcano eruption in 1,500 BC.
The eruption was so huge that many consider it to be the main cause of the destruction of the great Minoan civilization on the island of Crete, situated 70 nautical miles away.
The explosion was so strong that it created gigantic waves that reached the shores of the surrounding islands and Crete. After the explosion, the centre of Santorini sank, and the many earthquakes that followed destroyed a big part of the rest of the island.
There is beauty in the struggle!
