Therasia
Thirasia (Greek Θηρασία or Θηρασιά ( f sg ) ) is a Greek island in the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea. It provides the following resulting in the great volcanic eruption around 1625 BC western caldera rim. Administratively, the island is one of the district of the town of Thira Ia. According to the 2011 census, the island had 319 inhabitants.
Geography and Geology
Thirasia is with a length of 5.7 km, a width of 2.7 km and an area of 9.246 km ², the second largest island of the archipelago. The highest point is the mountain Viglós with 295 m. The rocks fall on the east coast steeply into the sea, the west coast is flat spreading. Geologic Thirasia has the same structure and almost the same appearance as the other, the crater rim forming islands of Thira and Aspronisi, with a base of black lava and an overlying 60 m thick pumice.
History
The name is probably pre-Greek origin Therasia and could be derived from a place name as Qụhērāsos / ā. On billboards in Knossos, the name was Qe -ra -si -ja discovered, which presumably refers to a revered goddess in Santorini, named according to their origin ( qe -ra -si -ja = the Qụhērāsos of / - ā ). In the south of Thirasia a buried by the volcanic eruption, prehistoric settlement with close relationship was found to Akrotiri on Thira. Later, the island was colonized by the Dorians. They found the remains of graves in the south, as well as a settlement in the north. Thirasia was mentioned by Strabo, Pliny the Elder, Ptolemy, and Stephanus of Byzantium Junianus Justinus. In 2008, the island was the scene of the Greek film " Small Crime ".
Management, population and economy
Thirasia belongs to the municipality of Ia, from whose port Ammoudi from a daily boat service with a small boat ( called by the locals " Lantza " ) to the ports of Riva in the north of the island and Ormos Korfou (also Corfos ) is maintained. The larger ferry " Nissos Thirassia " ( called by the locals " Pantofla " ) runs from Althafen in Fira (Santorini ) and the style Santorini main port Athinios the island and also transports vehicles. About half of the island's inhabitants live in the capital Manolas on the crater rim. The rest in the west of this hamlet lying Potamós and on scattered farmsteads situated. In 1991, the island was connected to the electric power grid. Water lines, there is still no, so that residents collect the rainfall in cisterns still in the winter months. The main economic activities include wine and vegetables and especially in the summer months of daily tourism.
The excursion boats of tourists from Santorini place usually in the tiny harbor of Ormos Korfou to below the village. From here a steep stairway leads up to the village, which can be overcome with the help of mules or donkeys. In fact, you will find one of the few organized " parking " for donkeys and mules, seconded by their drivers on a flat, covered surface and supplied with water. The village itself has a few tavernas and offers a magnificent view over the caldera of Santorini. Overnight options are available only in very limited numbers.