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[cyclades-islands]

This is📍Kimolos island (Κίμωλος), a small paradise! @cyclades-islands

Hear the sound of summer on the island 💙💙

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[travelrushdreams]

💙🌺 Santorini Dreams: Is This the Most Idyllic Spot on Earth? Find Out Why! 🤩

Get ready to instantly escape! 🤯 This breathtaking image transports you straight to the iconic clifftops of Santorini, Greece – with its dazzling white architecture, vibrant fuchsia bougainvillea, and the endless, mesmerizing blue of the Aegean Sea. It's a true masterpiece of beauty and tranquility! ✨

Imagine wandering through these charming pathways, feeling the warm sun on your skin, and soaking in a view that feels like a dream. Every corner here whispers stories of romance, relaxation, and unparalleled charm. 🌸🏛️

Whether you're planning your honeymoon, dreaming of a European adventure, or simply need a visual escape from your day, this picture is guaranteed to ignite your wanderlust and fill you with awe. 🚀

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[whencyclopedia]

Aegean

The Aegean Sea lies between the coast of Greece and Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). It contains over 2,000 islands which were settled by the ancient Greeks; the largest among them being Crete (Kriti) and the best known and most often photographed Santorini (Thera or Thira). Both of these islands have strong associations with ancient history and Greek mythology in that Crete features significantly in the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur while the destruction of Santorini by a volcano eruption has long been considered a probable source for Plato's description of Atlantis in his dialogues of Critias and Timaeus.

Name Origin

In ancient times there were various explanations for the name 'Aegean'. It was said to have been named after the Greek town of Aegae, or after Aegea, a queen of the Amazons who died in the sea, or Aigaion, the "sea goat", another name of Briareus, one of the archaic Hecatonchires, or, especially among the Athenians, Aegeus, the father of Theseus, who drowned himself in the sea when he thought his son had died on his famous expedition to Crete to defeat the Minotaur. A possible etymology is a derivation from the Greek word αἶγες – aiges = "waves" (Hesychius of Alexandria; metaphorical use of αἴξ (aix) "goat"), hence "wavy sea", cf. also αἰγιαλός (aigialos) "coast".

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[tripandopl]

Bodrum to jedno z najpiękniejszych miast na terenie Riwiery Egejskiej, w którym czeka na Was taki klimat!

Autor: nereyegidelim

[davidstanleytravel]

Monemvasia Island in southern Greece is a limestone monolith protruding from the Aegean Sea.

[architecture-v-rassias]

@monemvasia_castle_lakwnia_ Laconia 1995 From my project "Chateaux Forts de Grece". In 2006 the fortresses were exhibited at the Byzantine Museum, ''Byzantines Fortress in Greece'' then, in 2007 the French Embassy in Athens undertook major exhibitions on the ''Fortresses of Greece''-''Chateaux forts de Grece'' in Rhodes, Kalamata, Patras, Athens, Nafplio. Monemvasia…! The Middle Ages in its glory, as well as the renaissance… The place where I started my photographic journey in 1981… From Byzantium, to the Frankish Empire, to the Despotate of Mystras, to the Venetocracy, to the Papal rule and to the Ottoman laziness until liberation… the rock will remain there as the "Gibraltar of the Aegean" and in its ultimate end to rise the church of Agia Sophia, octagonal style, after the dome of the 14th century…

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[antigonipapantoni]

Schoinousa, Greece, 2022 #schoinousa #greece #cyclades #smallcyclades #Island #dusk #summer #landscape #aegeansea https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf7Xs4BI6W2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[victoriaenjoyshardcore]

‘Ballos’ as seen from Folegandros