Thera

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Thera is an ancient Greek island in the Aegean Sea, better known today as Santorini, historically significant as the homeland of colonists who founded Cyrene in North Africa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thera canonical 13
Thira 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aegean island
ancient Greek island
archaeological site
island
volcanic island
administrativeRegion South Aegean
alsoKnownAs Kalliste
Santorini
Strongyle
ancientRegion Southern Aegean
linked to: South Aegean
belongsToRegionalUnit Thira regional unit
colonistsLedBy Battus I of Cyrene
colonizationOfCyreneOccurredInCentury 7th century BCE
country Greece
formedBy volcanic activity
hasArchaeologicalSite Akrotiri
linked to: Akrotiri (Thera)

Ancient Thera
linked to: Akrotiri (Thera)
hasCapital Fira
hasCulturalAttraction blue-domed churches
whitewashed cliffside villages
hasEconomicActivity tourism
wine production
hasGeologicalFeature caldera
cliffs
hasLanguage Greek
hasMajorSettlement Akrotiri
linked to: Akrotiri (Thera)

Fira
Imerovigli
Oia
Pyrgos Kallistis
hasNearbyIsland Aspronisi
Nea Kameni
Palea Kameni
Thirasia
hasPrimaryReligion Greek Orthodox Christianity
historicallySignificantFor Bronze Age civilization at Akrotiri
Minoan eruption
linked to: Thera eruption

colonization of Cyrene
islandGroup Santorini archipelago
linked to: Santorini
knownFor caldera views
sunset views
volcanic landscape
locatedIn Aegean Sea
Greece
modernName Santorini
partOf Cyclades
Hellenic Volcanic Arc
linked to: Hellenic Arc
sentColonistsTo Cyrene
timeZone Eastern European Time

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kyrenaikē wasColonyOf Thera
subject linked to: Kyrenaïkē
Akrotiri (Thera) partOf Thera
Cyclades contains Thira
linked to: Thera