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Fira in Santorini
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Apart from the impressive panoramas that offers Fira (the capital of Santorini), its uniqueness stands at first glance from
its name: FIRA.
It is believed that the word ‘’Fira” comes
from the ancient "pyrros" which means burning, or reddish,
and is connected with the existing volcano from which the city sprang
out. The word “pyrros” may
also be associated with the pirates that had raided the town two centuries
ago.
Located on the western part of the island, over a precipitous rock of
260 m, Fira became the capital of Santorini early in the 19th century,
when the capital moved from Pyrgos to Fira. The town suffered a tremendous
disaster in 1956 when an earthquake devastated it, damaging most of its
regions.
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Its houses with vaults and arches, which are painted all in white and
gleam in the sunlight, its pebbled and cobbled descents, steps, or streets,
the simple buildings painted in light blue and white, the breathtaking
sceneries which can be admired at sunset, the cool, transparent, blue
waters of the Aegean Sea, all in all, create for the visitors of Fira, the illusion
of the lost paradise.
Absorbed by the panoramas, the visitors may stop from
time to time to have a drink in the cafes, to glance at the shops lined
on the small pebbled streets, or choose to visit (by boat) the volcano
of Nea and Palia Kameni.
Fira also hosts: an archaeological museum which
offers exhibitions from the excavations on the island, the cathedral
of Christ, the cathedral of Hypapandi, a series of beautiful churches
and monasteries like that of Agios Minas, the monastery of Panagia ton
Dominikanidon and the church of Panagia tou Rodariou. The latter offers an important
collection of ecclesiastical gems, maps, documents and paintings.
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