Fabrica Shopping Center

The Fabrica Shopping Center, in Fira

The Fabrica Shopping Center is a shopping centre of Fira with a surprising past, sheltering the first mechanical flour mill of the island. The Fira audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this place where industrial history and today's trade mingle.

The former flour mill become a gallery

The Fabrica Shopping Center is a somewhat particular place of Fira. Behind its appearance of a modern commercial gallery, it hides an astonishing history. It is indeed here that, in 1892, the very first mechanical flour mill of Santorini was built. At a time when the grain was still ground by means of traditional mills, the installation of this modern machinery marked a small revolution for the economy and the daily life of the island. The building, reconverted, has kept the memory of this original industrial function, whose Italianate name, Fabrica, that is to say factory, recalls the use. Today transformed into a commercial space welcoming shops and businesses, it illustrates the way in which Fira has been able to reuse its heritage. The Fabrica Shopping Center is an original witness of the history of Santorini.

What to see

Here you discover the shopping centre with a surprising past, built where in 1892 the very first mechanical flour mill of Santorini was installed, a small revolution for the island, whose name Fabrica recalls the original industrial function, today a gallery of shops. The Fabrica Shopping Center is an original witness of Fira. It is a stop for the curious, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Fabrica Shopping Center lies in the heart of Fira, reachable on foot. It is a commercial gallery whose shops follow their own hours, which vary with the season. You discover it during a walk in the centre.

What is the history of the Fabrica Shopping Center in Fira?

It is here that, in 1892, the very first mechanical flour mill of Santorini was built, a small revolution for the island; the building, whose name Fabrica recalls this function, is today a commercial gallery.

Where is the Fabrica Shopping Center?

In the heart of Fira, in Santorini, in Greece.