Μονόλιθος

This guide to Monolithos beach on Santorini opens in 1922, when Dimitris Nomikos built the most modern tomato cannery in the Balkans right on the black sand, betting on the island's uniquely sweet volcanic-soil tomato. It follows the factory through decades of production, the 1956 earthquake that wrecked the fields it depended on, and the pull of tourism that drew workers away from the land. You'll also learn why the rock and chapel behind the beach gave the place its name.