History of Santorini Greece - luxury Santorini apartmentsThera, another name for Santorini, is the best-known Minoan site outside of the culture’s homeland of Crete. Found here was the history of Santorini Greece in multi-level buildings, streets, and squares with remains of walls standing as high as eight meters, all covered in ash from the famous Thera eruption. This Bronze Age civilization existed in the history of Santorini Greece from 3000 to 2000 BC, and reached its peak from 2000 to 1580 BC. It is amazing that you can now stay in your own luxury Santorini apartments on these grounds where a whole other world existed.

In many houses and luxury Santorini apartments stone staircases are still intact. The most well-known archaeological remains of the history of Santorini Greece found in Akrotiri are wall paintings, which have kept their original color as they were preserved under volcanic ash. The fine artwork implies that its citizens were sophisticated and relatively wealthy. The oldest signs of human settlement are Late Neolithic (4th millennium BC or earlier). Santorini remained unoccupied throughout the rest of the Bronze Age. During the Crusades, the Franks settled here, while in the 13th century AD, the Venetians took over the isle and renamed it Santorini. Stay in luxury Santorini apartments among such rich history.