Spring Garden

The Spring fresco. This is the only wall-painting of Akrotiri that was found in situ, originally covering three walls of the same room.

Room D2, Complex D. Akrotiri, Thera, 16th cent. BC. (more information on the art of fresco wall painting…)

Akrotiri on the island of Santorini (Thera) is one of the most important prehistoric settlements of the Aegean. The first habitation at the site dates from the Late Neolithic times. The large extent of the settlement (ca. 20 hectares), the elaborate drainage system, the sophisticated multi-storeyed buildings with the magnificent wall-paintings, furniture and vessels, show its great development and prosperity. The various imported objects found in the buildings indicate the wide network of its external relations.

An exact museum reproduction, currently exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum (Athens).