Koliri, ( el, Κολίρι) is a village and a community in the municipality of Pyrgos,

Elis Elis or Ilia ( el, Ηλεία, ''Ileia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was ...

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. It is situated on a hillside, 3 km northeast of Pyrgos town centre and 3 km northwest of

Varvasaina Varvasaina ( el, Βαρβάσαινα) is a village and a community in the eastern part of the municipality of Pyrgos, Elis, Greece. The community consists of the villages Varvasaina and Kato Varvasaina. It is situated in a valley between low hil ...

. The

Greek National Road 74 National Road 74 ( el, Εθνική Οδός 74, abbreviated as EO74) is a single carriageway road in southern Greece. It connects Pyrgos with Tripoli, via Olympia and Vytina. Its length is . It runs through the western and central part of the ...

(Tripoli – Olympia – Pyrgos) passes south of the village. Its population, according to the 2011 census, is 621 for the village, and 979 for the community, which includes the village Kolireikes Parangges. It has two churches: the Church of

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and the Church of the Saints Theodore. Its elevation is 90 m. Koliri suffered damage from the fires of August 2007. Koliri has a football team called Anatoli (meaning Sunrise in

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), which plays in the local championships.

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File:View of koliri.JPG, the center of the village along with Saint Theodoroi main church File:View of koliri 2.JPG, The centre File:Saint Nickolas interior, Koliri village.jpg, Interior of Saint Nicholas Church. File:Koliri after the fire 3.jpg, The forest after the fire File:Small pine trees near Koliri village.jpg, Small pine trees appeared after the fires of August 2007 File:After the fire, near Coliri village.jpg, The forest after the fires File:Before the fire, near Koliri village.jpg, The forest before the fires File:Koliri village from far away.jpg, Overview of the village File:Kolliri village view.jpg, The area of the village next to Saint Nicholas Church

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Koliri at the GTP Travel PagesKoliri - A Historical Review
Pyrgos, Elis Populated places in Elis {{WGreece-geo-stub

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