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The Unlikely History Behind Santorini s Iconic Cave Houses
Fishermen built these homes from limestone and volcanic dust for their families now they house luxury resorts.
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Those sun-bleached, blue-shuttered, cube-shaped houses dotting harsh, ochre rock, before which tourists are trying to snap the perfect Instagram selfie? These are the world-unique Santorini cave houses or “yposkafa” a design that exists nowhere else on Earth due to the island’s unique geomorphological conditions and history. Who would have thought that the structures poor seamen once built to house their families would be today a synonym of opulence and luxury?