At that time the island was called Stronghyle, or Strongili, which means round in greek . The island was round before the volcano tore out the middle leaving only a mascot shape around the edge. In ancient times, the island was also called Kalliste, meaning the beautiful one. The Dorians renamed the island Thera (or Thira) in the 11th century BC, and they built their city of the same name high on the south-eastern side of the island. During the Peloponnesian war, Santorini sided with Sparta, but it later fell to Athenian control. The island was part of the Duchy of Naxos when under Venetian rule in the thirteenth century. The Turks followed in the mid-16th century, when Santorini was one of the last of the Cyclades to fall to Turkish domination but in 1832, Santorini and the other Cyclades Islands were united to the new Greek State.
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