Exhibition of Minerals and Fossils travelfind.gr

The Exhibition of Minerals and Fossils was founded in 2006 in Perissa by the Cultural Society of Thira. It is located near the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Here you can see minerals and fossils from Thira, the rest of Greece and abroad. The oldest of the exhibits date back to 1.5 billion years ago while the newest are 50,000 years old.

Some of the most important fossils are the vegetable fossils of olive, mastic tree and palm tree from the Caldera of Santorini. These fossils are the proof of past evolution of plants in the wider European area.

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