Akrotiri House of Ladies
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House of the Ladies with frescoes.
Akrotiri House of Ladies

The House of the Ladies in ancient Akrotiri, Thera (Santorini) island, is a three-storey building from the Late Cycladic I period (17th c. BCE).

Museum reconstruction of the House of the Ladies in ancient Akrotiri, Thera (Santorini) is a three-storey building at Akrotiri that was built and inhabited in the Late Cycladic I period (17th c. BCE).
The house of the Ladies was a wealthy house of three floors. The second floor interior was decorated with the wall paintings depicted in this photograph. Several female figures interact in a lovely landscape that depicts several papyrus plants.
Exhibited at the Thera Prehistoric Museum.

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Aegean Akrotiri Architecture Art Cycladic Floral Fresco Original Photo Thera Thera Prehistoric Museum
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