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AKROTIRI ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

Archaeological site
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Akrotiri, Greece
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2024
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2024

Archaeological site preserving the Minoan city of Akrotiri destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

Evidence of the ancient Minoan population that once thrived can be found here. The Minoan city of Akrotiri was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption and covered with a thick layer of ash around 1500 BC. The impermeable pumice stone gangue provided outstanding protection for the partially cleared ruins (only 10,000 m² of the 200,000 m²) and they have been perfectly preserved. The inhabitants had time to desert the town before the disaster because no skeletons were found, and they would also probably have had time to take their furniture with them. The city appears as it was 3,500 years ago: the two- or three-storey houses decorated with frescoes (impressive, by the way), the streets paved with sewers, the shops filled with baskets that are now on display at the Archaeological Museum of Thira and the National Museum of Athens. Unfortunately, there are no real signs to give you an idea of what daily life in this vast city could have been like. The frescoes, an illustration of the period, have been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Thira.

Allow at least one hour to visit the site. A group ticket is also available for the archaeological site and museum of Thira, the old city of Thira, the prehistoric museum of Thira, the collection of icons and ecclesiastical objects of Pyrgos and the site of Akrotiri (valid for 4 days).

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Visited in october 2016
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Le site est "dévasté" par l'homme! Pas du tout mis en avant, aucun dépliant explicatif malgré un droit d'entrée élévé (12€). Les gros pylones et murs bétonés dénature l'authenticité du site. Aucune explication pour faciliter la découverte de cet endroit pourtant exceptionnel. De vieux panneaux des années 80 écrit à la main et délavé par le soleil sont les seuls "vestiges" de l'information disponible.
Aucunes des majestueuses fresques n'est visibles (même pas une reproduction!)....
Bref un enorme potentiel mais au final au attrape touriste
mariegrigri
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Site à couper le souffle ! incroyable de se dire que ces ruines sont restées sous terre pendant 3500 ans... elles sont maintenant à l'abri dans un sorte de grand hangar, c'est assez inattendu mais agréable car il y fait frais.
A site not to be missed, the level of civilisation 3500 years ago should leave you speechless. Imagine how the site of Pompéï is 2000 years old, it will still need to activate the machine to explore the 1500 years time to the past to the Akrotiri! Good discovery!

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