One of Greece’s most famous archaeological sites, the prehistoric town of Akrotiri on the island of Santorini, reopened to visitors last Wednesday seven years after a deadly roof ollapse, local authorities said.
Akrotiri was closed in 2005 after a roof erected to protect antiquities collapsed, killing a British tourist and injuring others.
The settlement was one of the most important of its era in the entire Aegean Sea.
The town was abandoned after a series of earthquakes in the late 17th century . A volcanic eruption that followed wiped out the island’s Minoan colony but the residue helped preserve the buildings of Akrotiri, as it did in Pompeii in Italy.
Santorini, renowned for its beautiful sunsets and picturesque villages perched on rocky outcrops, is one of Greece’s most popular travel destinations.