OIA 2من اصل2

THE SUNRISE OF SANTORINI
Captain’s houses
The captain’s houses were built and inhabited by the wealthy residents of the villages
who were the ship captains. They were larger than the cave houses, constructed and
decorated in a better way. Some of them had yards with beautiful flowers and were
surrounded by walls.
Built in the late nineteenth and at the beginning of the twentieth century, the captain’s
houses were constructed with the use of material taken from the local volcanic earth
such as the black and red lava stones.
Cave houses
The cave houses were built, actually carved, in the rock of the cliff face. They were
inhabited by the sailors who were the poor residents of Oia. They were constructed by
digging into the rock long and narrow space with a vaulted ceiling.
The cave houses had openings to the natural light and the fresh air only at heir façade
where a door was constructed in the center of it and two windows, one on each door
side. Usually, there was also a small window over the door as well.