We visited Akrotiri today, a 3500-year old archeological site of an old pre-Minoic settlement fled away by the population when the volcano started the last eruption. The site is covered with a very modern, gigantic roof made of wood and narrow glass openings that move depending on the sun's position so the interior is always airy and cool.
Houses had the windows always next to the door, and thus the word for window in Greek is "opening by the door"
Next we visited the village of Megalohori: ancient village w narrow streets, white churches, less commercial than Phira and Oia.
Looking at the churches here I noticed the horn-like motif, clearly a Minoic symbol, present in all churches.
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