Fira is a city of white-washed houses built on the edge of the high caldera on the western edge of the semi-circular island of Thera . The two main museums of interest are the Archaeological Museum of Thera , east of the cable car entrance , and the Museum of Prehistoric Thera at the southeast corner of the White Orthodox Cathedral of Ypapanti , built on the site of an earlier church destroyed in the 1956 Amorgos earthquake . The town also hosts a number of churches , including the Cathedral of Ypapanti and the Three Bells of Fira
1956 Amorgos earthquake
1956 Amorgos earthquake
Fira