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Ancient Thera

Ancient Thera is the name of an archaeological site from classical antiquity on the island of , which sits on the top of a limestone hill called Mesa Vouno.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient city and archaeological site on Thera, Greece
  • Also known as: “Ancient Thira”, “Archaia Thira”, and “Thira”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Zoodochos Pigi and Moni Profiti Ilia (Santorini).

Church
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 1 km northwest of Ancient Thera.

Church
Photo: SteliosA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 1½ km west of Ancient Thera.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Perissa and Kamari.

Photo: Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a sea-side village on the eastern shore of Thira, the largest island in the archipelago. It has a long black sand beach, which stretches to the neighbouring municipalities Perivolos and Agios Georgios with a near-continuous line of bars, hotels, and restaurants parallel with the beach.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a seaside village on the southeast side of Thira island in , part of the group of islands. It has a long black sand and shingle beach.

Village
also Mesa Gonia is a village and a community on the island of in , located 6 km southeast of the capital . The village is built on the foothills of Profitis Ilias mountain and had 187 inhabitants according to the 2021 census. is situated 3 km northwest of Ancient Thera.

Ancient Thera

Latitude
36.36332° or 36° 21′ 48″ north
Longitude
25.4793° or 25° 28′ 46″ east
Elevation
346 metres (1,135 feet)
Open location code
8G879F7H+8P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25126722
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8134247
Wiki­data ID
Q433004
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Ancient Thera” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Archaía Thíra”
  • Dutch: “Oud-Thira”
  • Finnish: “Thera”
  • French: “Théra”
  • German: “Alt-Thera”
  • Greek: “Αρχαία Θήρα”
  • Italian: “Thera”
  • Korean: “고대 티라 유적지”
  • Latvian: “Antīkā Tēra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oldtidens by Thera”
  • Norwegian: “Oldtidens Thera”
  • Russian: “Древняя Тера”
  • Swedish: “Archaía Thíra”
  • Turkish: “Antik Thera”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ancient Thera”. Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 3.0.