Akrotiri

Akrotiri is a Cycladic Bronze Age settlement site on the volcanic island of . The name comes from the nearby village of , the name of the site in antiquity is unknown.
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  • Village
  • Description: Bronze Age settlement on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini (Thera)
  • Postal code: 84700

Places of Interest

Highlights include Akrotiri and Vlychada.
Smial, Public domain.
is a town on the southwestern end of Thira…
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is a fishing village on the southern shore…
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is a volcanic sand beach on the of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Megalochori and Emporeio.
Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a quiet traditional village in the heart of , sitting on a hill facing east.
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, also known as Nimborios, is a village on the island of , . is situated 4½ km east of Akrotiri.
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is a town in central Thira, the largest island…

Akrotiri

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Latitude
36.35809° or 36° 21′ 29″ north
Longitude
25.39645° or 25° 23′ 47″ east
Open location code
8G87995W+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1842740508
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q421232

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Armenian—“Akrotiri” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Akrotiri (prehistoriese stad)”
  • Afrikaans: “Akrotiri”
  • Arabic: “أكروتيري”
  • Basque: “Akrotiri”
  • Belarusian: “Акратыры”
  • Catalan: “Akrotiri (Santorí)”
  • Catalan: “Akrotiri”
  • Chinese: “阿克罗蒂里 (考古遗址)”
  • Chinese: “阿克罗蒂里”
  • Czech: “Akrotiri”
  • Dutch: “Akrotiri”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اكروتيرى”
  • Finnish: “Akrotíri”
  • Finnish: “Akrotírin minolainen kaupunki”
  • French: “Akrotiri (Santorin)”
  • French: “Akrotiri”
  • French: “Akrotíri”
  • Galician: “Akrotiri, Santorini”
  • German: “Akrotiri (Santorini)”
  • German: “Akrotiri”
  • Greek: “Ακρωτήρι Θήρας”
  • Greek: “Ακρωτήρι”
  • Hungarian: “Akrotiri”
  • Italian: “Akrotiri”
  • Japanese: “アクロティリ（先史時代の都市）”
  • Japanese: “アクロティリ”
  • Japanese: “アクロティリ遺跡”
  • Korean: “아크로티리”
  • Latin: “Acroterium”
  • Latvian: “Akrotira (pilsēta)”
  • Latvian: “Akrotira”
  • Macedonian: “Акротири”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akrotiri (Santorini)”
  • Norwegian: “Akrotiri”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Akrotiri (Santorin)”
  • Persian: “santorini”
  • Polish: “Akrotiri”
  • Portuguese: “Acrotíri”
  • Portuguese: “Akrotiri (Santorini)”
  • Russian: “Акротири”
  • Russian: “Акротирион”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Akrotiri”
  • Slovenian: “Akrotiri”
  • Spanish: “Acrotiri (santorini)”
  • Spanish: “Acrotiri Santorini”
  • Spanish: “Acrotiri”
  • Spanish: “Akrotiri (Santorini)”
  • Swedish: “Akrotiri”
  • Turkish: “Acroterium”
  • Ukrainian: “Акротирі”
  • Western Armenian: “Աքրոթիրի հնավայր”

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Notable Places Nearby

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