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Traveling in Santorini

editor — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:32:00 +0000

In 1153, for the first time, we find mention of the island in the writings of the Arab geographer Edris under a new name, Santorini. This seems to have been given by the Crusaders, from the chapel of St Irene (Santa Irini – Santorini), which some scholars place at Perissos, others on Therasia. When Constantinople fell to the knights of the Fourth Crusade in 1204, Santorini and many of the oilier islands in the Aegean passed into the hands of Marco Sanudo. He founded what was called the Duchy of Naxos (or of the Archipelago) and later ceded Santorini and

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Visit to Santorini

editor — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 07:40:00 +0000

In 1537, Khair-ed-Din Barbarossa captured Santorini in the name of the Sultan. With the ousting of the Latins, the Orthodox Bishopric of Santorini was reinstated. Nevertheless, the island continued to be governed, even if in name only, by the Crispi dynasty until 1566. After the Crispis were finally supplanted, Santorini was ceded by the Sublime Porte to Joseph Nazis, who governed it for a short time until it was subjugated by the Turks in 1579. The Turks did not settle on the island. They merely renamed it Deyit-mejik – that is, ‘little mill’ – because of the many windmills there.

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