Editing Santorini (section)

=== Architecture ===
The traditional architecture of Santorini is similar to that of the other [[Cyclades]], with low-lying cubical houses, made of local stone and [[whitewash]]ed or limewashed with various volcanic ashes used as colours. These colours, in recent years, tend to replace white in the colour of house façades, according to the traditional architecture of the island as it was developed until the great earthquake of 1956. The unique characteristic is the common use of the ''hypóskapha'': extensions of houses dug sideways or downwards into the surrounding [[pumice]]. These rooms are prized because of the high insulation provided by the air-filled pumice, and are used as living quarters of unique coolness in the summer and warmth in the winter. These are premium storage space for produce, especially for wine cellaring: the ''Kánava'' wineries of Santorini.

When strong earthquakes struck the island in 1956, half the buildings were completely destroyed and a large number suffered repairable damage. The underground dwellings along the ridge overlooking the caldera, where the instability of the soil was responsible for the great extent of the damage, needed to be evacuated. Most of the population of Santorini had to emigrate to Piraeus and Athens.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://users.ntua.gr/kamy/istanbul.pdf |title=Restoration, Reconstruction and Simulacra |access-date=9 March 2014 |archive-date=7 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507142624/http://users.ntua.gr/kamy/istanbul.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>{{clear left}}
[[File:Firostefani.jpg|thumb|Firostefani village]]
[[File:Streets of Firostefani, Santorini island (Thira), Greece-2.jpg|thumb|Street of Firostefani]]